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Classic Car Specialist Fuels Expansion with Further Funding
Bristol-based classic car specialists, UKD Auto, recently obtained further funding from SWIG Finance to help drive their next phase of business growth. The family-run business is led by ambitious and determined siblings Holly and Luke Arnold, who set up business in...
SWIG Finance Helps Local Florist Business to Flourish
Green-fingered Ellie Truscott has always had a passion for all thing’s nature, and the journey she embarked on that led her to opening The Flower Press Shop in Truro is certainly an organic one. With a background in gardening, fate led Ellie to consider a future in...
CIOSIF Loan to Help Ethical Homeware Designer Grow
A manufacturer and distributor of ethical and environmentally responsible homeware products is the latest business to receive funding support from the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Investment Fund (CIOSIF), with an £80,000 loan made up of £35,000 from CIOSIF and...
Investment fund backs Cornish boat building business
Cornish start-up, Henderson Fletcher Yachts, has received a £39,500 loan from the Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Investment Fund (CIOSIF) to support its boat building business. The Gweek-based firm will manufacture high end, sail-powered yachts and motor cruisers to...
Business able to diversify into dog products because of loan
New legislation concerning plastics and increased market awareness of their environmental impact led Mark Goodwin, who already owned a packaging company, to create a new product called GOODCHAP’S, a new brand of fish-based dog treats with no additives which are...
New deli and cafe business to open on The Isles of Scilly after securing Start-Up Loan
Abbigail Ellis who is from The Isles of Scilly had an ambition to run her own business in the community she grew up in. Utilising her skills and experience in catering she is now opening a Café and Deli on the main island of St Marys. To realise this dream additional...
Mappix receive prestigious award
A Cornish business has been recognised at a national level by the Start Up Loans Company with the prestigious Start Up Loans ‘Business of the Year’ award. Mappix, launched in 2015 by Charity Wilson from Penzance, was entered for the awards by SWIG Finance, the South...
Cheese on Coast
A couple from the Midlands left their old lives behind and moved to St Ives in order to launch their own business and create a better life for themselves. Nick and Claire Gane left thirty year careers in Construction Management and Nursing and re-trained in cheese...
Rocket Garden Grows
When Mike Kitchen first started growing his own vegetables at home he was trying to emulate the classic TV series The Good Life. “A lot of people talk about trying it but I thought I’d really give it a go and what I discovered was that growing vegetables is actually...
Funding boost for Mappix
A new software platform launched by a Cornish entrepreneur has received a funding boost from SWIG Finance. The software platform called Mappix is designed to help teachers, children and schools, providing accurate assessments and reducing paperwork. Charity Wilson, 38...