Category: Made in Britain

Alissa Koopal, Director, Izzy Melody talks to us about how she turned her main USP for BabyBangles being manufactured here in Britain into achieving amazing gains over the past 15 months.

Richie Perera, director of east London’s Hair & Beauty tells us how they have grown their training school business by over 200 per cent in the past year.

Chris Cheadle, Co-owner, The Northern Dough Co tells us how they went from launching at a festival to being stocked by Waitrose and Ocado.

Keith Edwards, Co-Founder, Fantastic Ribbons tells us how he has grown his small family business by constantly evolving and embracing new technology to save time and resources.

Emma Watkinson, Founder, SilkFred tells us about the challenges of starting and growing a business in Britain which is growing internationally and why having the right people around you is crucial.

Ross Edwards, Managing Director, Proactive ITS talks to us about how, whilst working as an IT support technician, he found the USP of providing a friendly and honest service were the means for making a successful business.

Warrior Doors, Managing Director, Brett Barratt talks to us about how he changed his business from repairing doors and windows as a carpenter to supplying supplying high value retailers with enhanced security devices.

Mandy O’Sullivan, Managing Director, Bettaveg tells us how the business has grown to now seen as a force to be reckoned with

Inventor Shaun Pulfrey talks to us about how a lightbulb moment resulted in him creating the award wining and best-selling detangling hairbrush

Jo Hockley, Founder, tells us how the experience of her 15 month old son and a trip to Belgium brought about the creation of Toddlebike

Andrew Esson, Managing Director, Quick Hydraulics tells us how having the nerve to acquire a business while the economy was still in the depths of recession, and then investing in growth in advance of the economic recovery has led to the creation of 18 new jobs in the past 30 months.

We talk to Andrew Churchill, Managing Director, JJ Churchill who are a third generation family company expanding into Mexico who site the catalyst for their growth as the school leaver apprenticeship programme they operate.

Jonny’s Sister grew their business by over 50 per cent in 2013, so we spent time with the Dorset based producer of personalised products to find out just how they have managed such an achievement.

James-Harrison of Sky-Futures which provide inspections of hard to access infrastructure in the Oil and Gas industries using unmanned aerial vehicles. Here he tells us the story of their success.

A select group of innovative UK technology companies have been awarded places on the Clean and Cool Mission to Brazil to explore business opportunities aimed at tacking climate change and improving resource efficiency.