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.

How to develop a 7-figure turnover in two years
How do you grow your business to seven figures in just over two years? By anticipating trends and making sure you capitalise on changing consumer habits.  That’s exactly what our Loughton Seedbed Centre customer, My Rocking Kids, has achieved, and they’re now passing on some of their expertise to help…
Changing lives with tailored mental health care
Sometimes when it comes to setting up your own business, it can take a personal experience to push you into action, as it did with one of our newest to Churchill Square Business Centre customers, Devon McDonald, founder of Devon McDonald Counselling. She shares how she retrained,…
Helping entrepreneurs achieve business success
Creating a business which delivers more for its clients than is typically expected is a sure-fire way to build strong, long-standing relationships, setting your business up for success. Friend & Grant, a chartered accountancy practice with a branch at our Churchill Square Business Centre in Kings Hill, has done just…
Schoolboy wizardry lays foundations for business success
Showing the professionals how to fix computers when he was still at school meant Richard Bentley’s career path was fairly obvious.  He’s managed to turn his innate talents at IT into a thriving business – despite launching in the recession. And the flexibility of our business accommodation at St. George’s…
20 years of keeping the army comfortable
The army do one of the toughest jobs in the world – but the front-line troops are often let down by poor-quality uniform.  It’s a challenge that one of Dragon Supplies Ltd based in our Colchester Business and Seedbed Centre has capitalised on – enabling them to build a successful…
Kirth Noel Creative Studio – using robot technology to bring brands to life
Many businesses find that, out of all the digital marketing methods available, it is video that delivers the highest customer conversion rates. This is not surprising as, in an online world bursting with content vying to distract your target audience, video offers appealing content that is quick and…
Power Cheer: celebrating 10 years in a business
We aim to cater for many businesses sectors at our Capital Space business centres, so when Power Cheer chose to expand their Chelmsford branch from within our Waterhouse Business Centre , we could not have been more thrilled. We spoke to Power Cheer’s founder Sydni Hall to hear about her business story,…
Seeing off the big boys to win top industry award
St. George’s Business Park customer, Farmwood, has put the big boys to shame by taking a prestigious national industry award.  We’ve been finding out how our Sittingbourne customer has been stealing contracts and gongs from much bigger competition. ‘Bonkers’ national award Christmas came early for Farmwood last year when…
Regional office hub helps improve standards in foster care
The fostering system for children in care faces serious challenges: the number of children entering the system is increasing every year, while the number of carers is falling. Capital Space customer Compass Community has adopted a holistic approach to tackle this. They’ve shared with us how their office in Churchill…

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