Vocus Vit offers premium activewear for ladies with a focus on sustainability. The range is made from recycled plastic bottles without compromising...
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Read more Panther M*lk – an oat milk alcoholic cocktail brand based in Glasgow. The drinks business recently secured its first major retail listing, with...
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Read more Feral Pigs Wine is a wine shop in Newport, Pembrokeshire and established by trained sommelier and former restaurant manager at Llys Meddyg, Dave...
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Read more An artist from Llandudno Junction is opening a contemporary gallery in Colwyn Bay aimed at breaking down barriers in the art world and...
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Read more Exmouth cocktail manufacturer, Bar Buoy, has received £50k in Start Up Loan funding delivered by SWIG Finance to scale up their manufacturing...
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Read more Former primary school teacher Rosemary Amey first started making soaps just before lockdown to help combat her anxiety. Her friends and family all...
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Read more When James Fraser was missing ramen during lockdown, he used his ingenuity to turn his newfound skill into a business opportunity. James was working...
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Read more Coffee aficionado Arron Smith had worked with Coffee for 11 years, and whilst he’d learned a lot, he eventually wanted to be his own boss,...
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Read more Hackney-based Ann-Marie Kinlock took out a £25,000 Start Up Loan in December 2022 through Virgin StartUp to launch her business, Kindhaus Family...
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Read more Funmi Lalwal, 55, London originally came to Start Up Loans back in 2013 to help her set up a business teaching the elderly learn Microsoft skills....
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Read more Alchemy is defined as the process of taking something ordinary and turning it into something extraordinary, sometimes in a way that cannot be...
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Read more Gaëlle Chatelard took out a £25,000 loan in August 2021 through delivery partner Virgin StartUp to help get her brand ETHOSA off the ground. ETHOSA...
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Read more A Somerset environmental entrepreneur has received a £20k Start Up Loan to scale-up their burgeoning rewilding business. The funding, made available...
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Read more A landscape architect turned liqueur maker from Skewen has established an artisanal liqueur business inspired by the slow food movement, linking the...
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Read more Glasgow-based DamGoodDrams, an ecommerce platform specialising in independent spirits, is gearing up to launch its own line of whisky and take its...
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Read more In April 2022, Emma and Sebastian took out a loan of £20,000 each to set up Pastéis Lisboa, Scotland’s first specialist Pastel de Nata bakery, in...
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Read more Joezy and his business partner Amy, took out funding from Start Up Loans to set up Naturawell in 2021, a plant-based bar and restaurant serving...
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Read more In 2018, Claudia took out a loan of £3,300 to launch Mama Claudia, a carefully selected range of baby and children’s products for stress-free...
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Read more Emma Hamlett took out a £25,000 loan to open Collected, an independent bookshop specialising in work written by women. Describing herself as a...
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Read more Hannah Saunders took out a £14,700 loan in 2020 to launch Toddle Born Wild, a natural vegan children skincare brand. Hannah said: “I was in the RAF...
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Read more Alice Wu, founder of Peace and Pure, who took out her loan of £19,000 in 2020 to start the business. During struggles with her own mental health,...
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