Success Stories – Start Up Loans Company

October 19, 2023

Cowbridge-based Lunia 3D, which went from a garden shed hobby to a large-scale 3D printing firm. The 3D printing company has attracted a range of...

Feral Pigs Wine

Wales

September 6, 2023

Feral Pigs Wine is a wine shop in Newport, Pembrokeshire and established by trained sommelier and former restaurant manager at Llys Meddyg, Dave...

ink

February 3, 2023

An artist from Llandudno Junction is opening a contemporary gallery in Colwyn Bay aimed at breaking down barriers in the art world and...

Caru Spirits

October 24, 2022

A landscape architect turned liqueur maker from Skewen has established an artisanal liqueur business inspired by the slow food movement, linking the...

Tarian Drums

June 27, 2022

Pontyclun-based bespoke drum manufacturer, Tarian Drums, the first of its kind in Wales, will soon see its drums on some of the biggest stages in...

House of Curls

September 14, 2021

Start Up Loans recipient Clare Pledger, from Cardiff-based firm, House of Curls, an e-tailer specialising in curly and natural hair products, who...

Floris

May 12, 2021

Aoife Doherty set up her business in November 2020 after graduating from the University of Reading with a BA Hons in Graphic Design. After noticing...

Ty Melin

August 25, 2020

Helen Conway alongside her daughter Angharad and son-in-law Lance, launched their bakery business Ty Melin Bakery during coronavirus lockdown in...

Health & Food

October 6, 2017

Katerina Pavlakis had a background in both running her own business and working in London. When she and her husband, Colin Bass, moved to rural...

Eden Education Centre

October 6, 2017

Father and son team, Trevor and Peter Jones, run the Eden Education Centre, the largest innovation education studio in Europe. As the first and only...

Goji Hair

January 30, 2017

Goji Hair is an exclusive, organic hair salon in the Pontcanna suburb of Cardiff, started by Victoria Griffin. Victoria had previously owned an...

Waterfall Ways

December 13, 2016

Having been made redundant after working with the Princes Trust for many years Christopher Evans decided to go it alone and start his own business...

Aberffraw Biscuits

June 17, 2016

James Shepherd started his business, Aberffraw Biscuits, with the help of a £5,000 Start Up Loan. James is a journalist by trade but was inspired to...