Name: Sue Dodds-Crouth Name of business:Roloca 's Realm Describe your business: Roloca"s Realm is... a kingdom for kids party bags! We sell complete party bags for babies, children and teenagers for all different occasions. Whether it"s a birthday party, special occasion such as Halloween, or an event such as a family fun day, we have plenty of party bags to choose from. We have lots to choose from and a range of prices to suit everyone starting from 95p up to pounds 9.99. Imagine you are 'speed networking" and sum up your business and what it has to offer in one sentence: We make many different kinds of party bags for babies, children and teenagers for absolutely any occasion or reason! When your business began: September 2011 What motivated you to be your own boss? I knew that I wante...
STILL very much a family firm, Park Furnishers of Bedminster have been supplying Bristol with high quality, but affordable furniture and house furnishings for over 40 years. The recent acquisition of a new warehouse at Avonmouth has meant that the furniture store - the largest in the city, in fact - has been able to expand.
IT is said that my grandfather, John Thomas Woodhouse, arrived in Derby from Liverpool as just a young boy in the late 1800s, born of a Miss Woodhouse and possibly fathered by an Irish Liverpudlian. Young Jack, as he was known, started work on the horse trams of Derby Corporation, only too glad to find work in such hard times. Along with his colleague, he decided he deserved a break whilst awaiting passengers at The Spot terminus for the route before proceeding back down St Peter's Street.
IN this week's SME Focus we hear from a family-owned business that is eyeing expansion in a sector in which businesses have been grappling with the fall-out from the problems faced by some retailers. Name: Georgina Berry.
YOU don't get a much more diverse spread of businesses than a furniture retailer, a dairy producer and an engineering company, but this trio have a bond - they are each family-run firms. Fairway Furniture started life as Harding and Sons Limited, founded in Union Street by John Harding in 1856 and remains owned and run by the Harding family.
A TEESSIDE garage and mini supermarket - subject of a pounds 1m refurbishment by its private family owners - is the focus of a massive TV ad campaign by its Nisa suppliers. Stevenson, of Oxbridge, Stockton, has been a successful family business for more than 25 years. And the current investment has created seven new full and part-time jobs, giving a total of 20 employed on site. In the summer, company director John Stevenson, 32, decided to completely revamp the business - concentrating on creating a brand new on-site mini supermarket as well as a major revamp of the Total fuel garage. Nisa, who supply most of the goods for the ministore, were looking for a brand new site to head their national ITV and Sky ad campaign. And they chose Oxbridge Lane as it was perfect for their pounds 1.3m...
Name: Lynsey Rollins. Name of Business: L Rollins Design. Describe your business: It is an architectural consultancy practice. I design, prepare drawings and make planning and building regulations applications for domestic house extensions, new-builds and commercial projects. I also run workshops on creativity and design. Imagine you are "speed networking" and sum up your business and what it has to offer in one sentence: I offer a full professional service from initial design, through to applications for the necessary consents to monitoring work on site. When your business began: I took a maternity break and had seven years at home with the children in their early years. I started my own business in October 2008 when our daughter started in reception at school. What motivated you to be...
'STRANGE case of suicide in Whitby, " said a headline in The Northern Echo in 1880, but the story that unfolded after the inquest concluded was stranger still. The victim was a photographer, John Waller. Since 1861, he had been developing souvenir photos for the tourists flocking to Whitby on the new railways.
Established for almost 35 years, Cummings of Bodmin is a local family-owned and operated business renowned for delivering quality and service, with customers located locally, throughout the country and on the continent. Cummings of Bodmin is a well rounded business incorporating Cummings Land Holdings and Developments. Their extensive property interests include shops, building land and other developments amongst which is the creation of the very successful Bodmin Retail Park situated on land owned by the firm on Launceston Road. Cummings Land Holdings are particularly proud to have recently completed The Creekside at Looe, an award nominated development of 12 luxury apartments nestling in the heart of West Looe, with magnificent views in a unique waterside conservation area.
NOMINATIONS for The Herald's inaugural Scottish Family Business Awards are now open. The event, run in association with Business Gateway, is open to enterprises of all sizes and across every sector in Scotland.
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