Case studies

Our business centres are home to a thriving and resilient community of small businesses, start-ups and SMEs drawn from a diverse spectrum of professions. Find out more about our small business customers, their growth, successes, aspirations and tips.

Sacrifice to success, The Salt Shack’s story
Milton Keynes entrepreneur Danielle Beale is enjoying meteoric success selling natural minerals but her journey into the world of business has been forged out of a deeply personal sacrifice.
Air for Life takes bronze at SME Business awards!
We are delighted that our Milton Keynes Business Centre customer, Air for Life, were bronze winners for the Lockdown Leader 2021 award at the SME MK and Buckinghamshire Business Awards .
There’s nothing nutty about our client’s Covid success
Nutfreeliving Marketplace Ltd, a new customer at the Waterhouse Business Centre, is an inspiring example of a business that was able to thrive throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.
Keeping pace despite the pandemic
Our Chelmsford Business Centre has recently gained a new customer — Fitness Fever! Having to close their doors almost overnight due to Coronavirus restrictions, they’ve managed to keep their business full of vitality.
Bridging the gap with new branches to your business
Based at our Churchill Square Business Centre in Kings Hill, Gardens of England has been very busy over the past year. Through diversifying their business services and focusing on client relationships, adapting their approach has seen them through a challenging time for many independently owned companies across the UK.
The perfect space for restoring body confidence
After umming and ahh-ing about starting her own bespoke body sculpting and contouring business for years, our  Churchill Square Business Centre   customer has one piece of advice for other potential business owners.
Maintaining an established business in a challenged industry
Established for over 20 years, bridal and occasion wear company Veromia has weathered a few recessions and challenges in its time, but nothing quite like the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite the business’s successful, large-scale co-owned teams at offices in Hong Kong and factories in China and Vietnam, putting weddings on pause for the best part of a year has made Veromia re-evaluate their business model. CEO, Vivien Felstein, who is currently based at our Loughton Seedbed Centre, spoke to us about the need for innovative ideas to shape the future of the bridal and occasion wear industry.
Maintaining a strong business model through two economic crises
Keeping a business going through lockdown sounds like challenge enough, but for our Milton Keynes Business Centre customer, Aspire Personnel, starting a business during the fallout of the banking crisis has made them well equipped for powering through the brunt of the coronavirus crisis.
A heady brew for business success
Andy Sadler has been based at our 22-year-old Colchester business centre site for 19 years, so has his fair share of knowledge about owning and running businesses. One of the key maxims he’s clearly taken on board is ‘always have a Plan B’. Indeed, when demand for his initial business offering slumped, he turned his Plan B, which grew out of a hobby, into a highly successful – and very different – business

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Our VoiP telephony solution is available for all businesses – either onsite or offsite – and means you can handle calls via a desktop, mobile app or traditional handset. Better still, it is available on a simple, monthly licence, meaning you are not constrained by restrictive, long term contracts.

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