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.

Business Planning with Stretch
It’s a brand-new year, and the perfect time to take on the sometimes-tedious task of business planning. But creating a business plan is not about the planning process, it’s about the results that are delivered by implementing the tasks contained in that plan.
Meet the architects of website design
We all have our reasons for taking the plunge and setting up our very own business. For Joe Gilbert, it was the ongoing frustration of dealing with web design agencies that inspired the former marketing manager to create his web design agency, Red Giraffe.
Providing security in an unpredictable world
With over 25 years’ experience as bailiffs and security consultants, MS Webb & Co were confident they’d seen it all, but these past months have been far from predictable!
Back to School with Project Skills Solutions
When coronavirus struck, like many businesses Project Skills Solutions were thrown quite the learning curve with the urgent move online.
Harmonia Therapies: Keeping Business and Bodies in-sync
When Harmonia Therapies moved into our Churchill Square Business Centre, there was no doubt that this match made in heaven was the result of the stars aligning.
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.

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