Success Stories
Now we have our own business called Best Friend Dog Groomers! We provide Dog grooming services, which includes bathing, clipping, styling, drying etc.
Anne’s Help offers to take the worry out of people’s lives by caring, cooking, cleaning etc.
Home On The Hill is about teaching and writing about organic horticulture on a freelance basis.
Blueberry Hill Patisserie is a business that makes patisserie and desserts and supplies them to hotels, restaurants and cafes.
Sarah Rowley has provided the inspiration for TeenieTots Childcare...
‘Dawn Culverwell - Independent First Assistant’ is about assisting surgeons for all operations where an assistant is required.
Custard Moon offers a children’s entertainment service including circus skills, balloon twisting and party games etc at children’s parties and other family celebrations, community and corporate events.
"My services are based at a Coventry Health Clinic where I offer Colon Hydrotherapy, Detox Supplements and Aids, Reflexology, Aromatherapy and Beauty Therapy."
"I acquired a franchise of LighterLife, weight management programme, for the Halesowen region of Birmingham."
"At Essential Holistic Therapies I focus on providing clients’ with a complete holistic treatment. This means treating the whole person; that is the mind, body and spirit and not just the presenting symptoms."
"My business offers all forms of Photography. PR, commercial, press, portrait and event Photography are available in Coventry and the surrounding areas. I am also able to offer high end Retouching and design work through my husband, who is a Photoshop expert with 15 years experience."
"I provide professional training, mediation, counselling, life-coaching and hypnotherapy services to corporate and individual clients in Coventry, Warwickshire and the West Midlands. I also deliver the accredited National Open College Network Training Programme in Mediation Skills and design and deliver a wide range of other bespoke courses to meet the needs of the clients."
Breeder Scan is a mobile ultrasound pregnancy scanning service for breeders and pet owners.
"Skin Deep Confidence is about Semi-Permanent Make-Up which is the art of implanting colour into your skin. It is putting the right colour in the right place so you can look better naturally."
"I now own a franchise in a fantastic magazine called ‘Mums in Control’. It is a national brand with national features but also advertises local businesses and events including a ‘What’s On’ page for the local area for all working mums."
"I then went on to receive one to one business mentoring sessions. I received brilliant business advice from the Women’s Business Development Agency! I went on many free courses that they offer and got plenty of invaluable information from their website. All of the above gave me the confidence to go ahead with my business idea."
"My work was very supportive and encouraged me to offer my press release writing skills outside of work hours. I thought about the idea seriously, but didn’t know where to start setting up my own business. I enjoy my job, but something inside of me was itching to continue to use the skills I have gained within the media industry."
"Soon after leaving university (2001) I worked within the HR field for the local authority until January 2008, when my contract came to an end. Since then I placed strong emphasis on setting up my own business, as being my own boss was something I have always wanted to do, specifically in the Asian fashion field.
Having believed strongly in what I wanted and how I was going to achieve it influenced me in opening my business."
"We are friends and colleagues who have worked together for a number of years. Jointly we have a broad knowledge and experience of all aspects of business including finance, executive PA, office management, event management, sales, import/export, travel arrangements and customer service. So, putting our knowledge and experience together, we thought it would be great to start a business partnership."
"In 2002 I arrived in England from Chandigarh, India. I moved over here, with our three children all under the age of 7, to be with my husband. This year I decided that I wanted to start up my own business. So I did some research and also did some training to become a qualified beauty therapist.
The help I have received has been very helpful and informative!"