innovate, Connect, grow

Barclays Eagle Labs is a national network of business incubators, industry experts and virtual support designed to help entrepreneurs and ambitious businesses to innovate and scale. With a number of Eagle Labs across the country, our focus is to help connect, educate and accelerate UK businesses and entrepreneurs.

We provide business incubation, co-working and office space, connections and growth programmes for ambitious high-growth businesses, as well as learning and insight expertise.

Eagle Labs is one of the largest networks of tech-focussed business incubators in the UK, supporting more than 30 locations physically as well as providing UK-wide virtual support through our business growth programmes, events and connections to experts.

Since we open our first Eagle Lab in 2015 we have created a community of top innovators, industry experts and mentors designed to support ambitious entrepreneurs and we work with partners who share our vision to create a progressive business community.

We’re delighted to be working with x+why and supporting entrepreneurs and founders from all over West London, providing access to technical expertise, business growth programmes, mentoring and connections.

To find out how we can support you and your business, get in touch with Ecosystem Manager, Russell McDonald

Further information, including how to connect with Russell, can be found at: labs.barclays/locations/chiswick

Elsa’s relationship with West London Chambers of Commerce began when she delivered workshops through Branduin Business Support in 2021.

A year later, she was asked to become a business advisor for the Chamber and more recently, she was offered the role to become the Chamber’s newest Director, something she “never expected” to happen but was thrilled to accept.

“Because I’m a business strategist, I am focusing on the smaller businesses and micro-businesses by mentoring them and focusing my networking in the Ealing area. I am also involved in the Living Wage project in Ealing,” explains Elsa.

“My background is business strategy and I set up my own business as a sole trader 26 years ago and became a limited company, Elsa Caleb Ltd, 20 years ago.

“My focus and my passion are writing business plans. Everyone else thinks they’re boring but I love them! I focus on the business growth. A lot of people are willing to start a business and they’re very comfortable where they are; I push them forward and help them grow to the next level.

“If I know where you want to go, for example, you may want to grow from two people to 10 people, I can see how you can achieve