October 01, 2021
Start-up support helps hospitality lecturer practice what she teaches with new community café. The Scene Deli Hospitality lecturer, Molook Shaher, accessed start up business support through Tees Valley Business to open the doors to The Scene Deli in Stockton. We caught up with her to find out how she is providing opportunities for her students […]
May 27, 2022
A £10,000 Start-up Grant Gets Nellie’s Pancake House Off to a Flipping Good Start. Just over a year since launch – and a global pandemic to contend with – Nellie’s Pancake House in Guisborough is already planning its second venue. We caught up with Founder and Director, Joanne Richardson, to find out how start-up support […]
October 07, 2021
A £10,000 Start-up Grant Turns Business Plans into a virtual reality for The Gaming Hideaway. The Gaming Hideaway Virtual reality and gaming centre, The Gaming Hideaway, is a first for Stockton-on-Tees and a first for the North East, bringing together educational learning opportunities and family fun in one unique venue. Based in Thornaby, The Gaming […]
March 11, 2022
Skills for Growth support helped Louise diversify and grow following the Pandemic. When the Coronavirus pandemic hit Louise quickly realised that her business, Louise Goult Textiles, needed to diversify to generate a new income stream. Having previously relied on face-to-face workshops and footfall to her base at Articentric in Saltburn, Louise introduced a new e-commerce website enabling […]
July 05, 2022
Tees Valley Business Growth Fund supports architectural services company to build for the future. Darlington-based architectural practice, Wardman Brown, needed a cash injection to help pay for the new equipment needed to take on another member of staff to its growing team. We caught up with Director, Lee Wardman, to find out how a grant […]
May 31, 2022
£20,000 growth grant helps Hartlepool mark Platinum Jubilee with new digital technology! Hartlepool based Artistic Solutions accessed £20,000 through the Tees Valley Business Growth Fund to purchase new screen technology needed to help drive the business forward, just in time to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee! We spoke to Technical Manager, Daniel Brobbel, to find out more. […]
January 20, 2022
Spinning a new record for Teesside’s manufacturing industry. Press On Vinyl accessed finance and funding to the tune of £1.4 million to open the doors to its new vinyl record manufacturing plant in Middlesbrough – the only pressing plant in the North of England. We caught up with Co-Founder Danny Lowe to find out how […]
September 06, 2022
Helping this Billingham manufacturer develop a bespoke software package to make the firm more streamlined and efficient through Made Smarter Adoption North East. Specialists in the design, manufacture and installation of bespoke, high quality architectural joinery, BA Joinery works with a broad range of clients, including main contractors, architects, interior designers, consultants and end-users. Established […]
March 29, 2022
Supporting one local charity to access skills development opportunities for its team of volunteers. Based on Brunswick Street in Stockton, FRADE – or Furniture Reclamation and Delivery Enterprise – is a local re-use charity and a source of affordable furniture. The charity’s three core aims are to reduce poverty by selling affordable, good quality donated […]
December 12, 2022
A successful family firm has urged others to look into grant support after reaping the benefits of new machinery and energy efficient equipment. ERW Joinery started up as a small business in Grangetown in 1979 before it grew into supplying both trades and homes with windows and doors, and manufacturing and installing wood windows and […]
September 07, 2022
Digital agency opens doors to new office following £11,000 business growth grant. Following a business growth grant of more than £11,000, White Digital transformed Darlington’s former Sloan’s Billiard Room into a new office space. Since moving into its new premises last Spring, the agency has been able to take on 11 additional employees with and […]
April 05, 2022
When Render Alarms couldn’t find the apprenticeship standard they needed locally, Skills for Growth worked to get the training introduced in the Tees Valley. Preparing for the future with Skills for Growth Middlesbrough-based Render Alarms put their people at the very heart of their service. The firm, which has been operating for more than 30 […]
