Creative & Design Business Support

Quality Bottles is a rapidly growing supplier of high-quality amber glass bottles and glass jars. Learn how Backing Essex Business helped connect them to finance that would help support it’s rapid growth.

How Backing Essex Business Helped Aimee O’Connell Bring Love Back to Social Media through her social media agency, ‘The Cupid Collective’.

Based in Southend-On-Sea, Lyfe VR is a trailblazing business. Set up by Simeon Brookstone and his Business partner back in January 2023, Lyfe VR focuses on providing virtual reality experiences.

What happens when passion meets precision – but growth stalls? Business Owner Alan Coles pivoted his business and found his niche through support from the Group2Grow Programme, allowing him to take a step back, refocus and reshape Optimal Automotive into a specialist brand with a clear direction and renewed purpose.

Luke Morton, widely known as "The Juice Guy," founded Juicing with Luke in April 2021. Recognising the need to take his business to the next level, Luke joined Blueprint for Business for structured guidance.

Finding her footing back into employment after raising two children, Annie Jones, Founder of Rayleigh Marketing, launched her own business in 2015 to help other businesses get the most out of social media. With the support from the Group2Grow Peer Networking Programme, she has been able to build on her confidence, as well as make connections with other business leaders within her cohort.

Creators of the quickly growing in popularity children’s magazine ‘POPIN’, Kids Active Media are on a mission to make early learning fun for children and prepare them for school – and got support from the Backing Essex Business team and the Create South East programme to create a plan for sustainable growth

Leanne Johnson, founder of Chelmsford Drama Centre explains how attending Group2Grow Peer Network Programme has given her the clarity and direction to take the business forward.

PR Professional Karin Ridgers from boutique Vegan PR agency Mad Promotions, Billericay discusses the importance of making the right connections with and for her clients, and how support from business support programme Backing Essex Business has helped her align her plans, giving her increased confidence to see them through.

Spring Bone Broth, based in West Hanningfield, just south of Chelmsford, received advice and support from the fully funded Backing Essex Business support service to help with their electricity bills and moving to a new supplier.

CEO and Founder Ryan Bell is gearing up to help the masses improve their relationship with technology with his innovative new app Tech Balance – a platform that will enable students to create a healthy tech-life balance.

Naomi Koji-Paton, Owner of Koji Cam Photography in Epping Forest, tells us how peer network programme Group2Grow helped her to frame her business, providing her with new contacts, an understanding of all areas of running a business, and a fresh perspective on how to take things forward.

Hutch Logistics, based in Chelmsford, Essex, secured £120k business finance under the Recovery Loan Scheme from Let’s Do Business Finance to secure a new premises fit for their future expansion, enabling them to onboard new customers and upscale operations, as well as provide more jobs in the area.

Terrell King, Owner of Quiero Design, Harlow, tells us how Backing Essex Businesses Group2Grow Peer Network programme provided him insight and perspectives that have helped him to push his business forward and plan for the future.

Meal preparation service Prep Kitchen Limited, Basildon, have expanded their operations and moved premises to provide healthy and nutritious meals to the doors of those looking to achieve their fitness goals.

Essex’s Canvey Island based bespoke furniture maker Blueprint Woodcraft explains how business support service Backing Essex Business has helped them to evaluate their business, align their goals, and make connections to push the business forward.

Barry Poulter, Managing Director of Transporter Engineering Ltd, tells Backing Essex Business how the Peer Network Programme Group2Grow enabled him and his team to take a hard look at their sales and marketing strategies to future-proof their business.

Owner of online music academy RockAcad, David ‘Greenie’ Green thinks outside the box for his business with the help of the Group2Grow Peer Network Programme.

Chelmsford based Michelle Dulieu Photography expands network and finds new angle for her business with the Group2Grow peer network programme.

Big Bear Cider, from Braintree, Essex, explains how the Group2Grow Peer Network programme came at just the right time for their business, helping them to take a step back and define a forward-thinking strategy.

You’ll find these bespoke tailors maintaining an age long tradition by creating uniforms for the military. Find out more about their story and how our team supported their thriving business.

Transport Consultant Richard Williams from RWTCS, Basildon, explains how the peer network programme Group2Grow has given him a kickstart to knowing how to get his business recognised.