October 2022 Case studies

“I now trade regularly at markets and have a thriving website for sales. The support from Business Wales has been invaluable.” Determined to build a better life as an unemployed sole parent, Sami Gibson decided to start her entrepreneurial journey with us at Business Wales, to get started on creating her own business. Located in a rural location without a laptop or internet connectivity, Sami found setting up her own business was initially unachievable. However...

“Setting up my own business has been a huge learning experience for me and the support provided by Business Wales has been excellent. The Business Wales ‘Taking the Plunge’ course was a great opportunity for me to start mapping out my business ideas and get a real understanding of the many considerations that I would need to take account of. The regular meetings with Rob Davies at Business Wales have been invaluable in mapping the...

“Business Wales has become a vital resource for our growing business, enabling us to go from strength to strength.” Vicki Rushton, the director at Gerallt Evans Metalcraft Ltd, a metal work company, approached us at Business Wales to ensure the business was growing in the right direction and vital opportunities were not being missed. Her business relationship manager provided one to one support and advice on the expansion and growth of the business, analysing the...

“The support we have received from Business Wales has been fantastic. Helping us to transition our company from Perth, Australia to Colwyn Bay, North Wales. Without their guidance, we would have encountered significant headwinds.” Despite the fact that Dr Tom Constantine was living in Australia during lockdown and beyond, he was still able to receive support from us to get his business started here in Wales. We were able to support Tom via online video...

“As everything is done on-farm there is a lot of juggling, we wanted someone to help us on our journey who could give us confidence.” Based on a farm in West Wales, ORTIR Apothecari is a niche perfume house, growing and distilling botanicals that are an olfactory exploration of the Welsh Landscape. Lisa Howarth launched the business in May 2022, growing, harvesting, distilling, blending and packaging the product all on site. With all aspects of...

"Business Wales has provided focussed, professional and extremely relevant support to help develop my skills to effectively grow my business." British ceramic artist and studio potter Richard Prentice, is the founder of Blackbird Ceramics based in Pembrokeshire. Influenced by his surroundings of the countryside and coastal scenery, his work is displayed in a contemporary west coast style gallery, located in the harbour village of Saundersfoot. To ensure Blackbird Ceramics was developing and growing effectively, Richard...