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GOING FOR GROWTH

TIME TO GROW Last year we asked for businesses to apply for grants from a £25 million pot to help them create jobs and grow. Here’s what happened... EPB-E01-S4

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Food

Editorial

Let’s grow, we said – and you did Michael Norton Editor michael.norton@b-nm.co.uk

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N May last year, we at the Bristol Post launched the Going for Growth campaign under the headline “Let’s Grow”. We said that only growth would help our recession-hit region to recover from the worst downturn in a generation. Only by growing would local businesses be able to make more money, employ more people and get the economy moving again. But growth needs investment – and many local firms had been unable to get the cash they needed to develop new ideas and take on new staff. In order to kick-start that growth and prise that private investment out, the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership secured a pot of £25 million from the Government’s Regional Growth Fund to help businesses to grow. We launched the campaign to get the message out there to local businesses: if you want to grow, to expand your premises, buy new equipment, research new ideas, and doing so will either create jobs or safeguard existing ones, then we can help. The target was to create or safeguard 1,300 jobs. That has been smashed. Money allocated so far will create 1,004 jobs and safeguard more than 500. Applications still being considered could create another 255. Plus there’s still a few million left in the pot with new applications being sought next month. The process has been a little slower than we had all hoped. The LEP made the applications simple so that they were accessible, but European rules on state aid are stringent, so it has taken time for the team of half a dozen or so to get the applications where they need to be to meet the criteria. But we’re almost there. The economy is growing again. As Bristol businesses start spending these grants and creating jobs – which they must by April 2015 – we should see that growth accelerate.

● Griff Holland, left, and Ed Brown outside the Friska in Victoria

Fresh food duo ready for growth and have national ambitions Gavin Thompson Assistant Editor (Business) gavin.thompson@b-nm.co.uk

FTER four years of hard work, Ed Brown and business partner Griff Holland says their business is close to a tipping point that will see it open stores and create jobs. The pair started Friska Foods after meeting at a networking event in Bristol. Despite both studying economics at Bath University, they didn’t meet until years later, by which time they had discovered the drive to become

entrepreneurs. Ed had considered training in law then taken a job at a property consultancy before deciding he wanted to do something for himself instead. While Griff was on a year placement at the Treasury when he was inspired after listening to business owners including Richard Reed from Innocent Drinks. Friska employs 35 people across its four sites in Victoria Street, the Bristol and Bath Science Park in Emersons Green, Bath Road Studios and the Clifton Triangle. It has been awarded up to £83,000 from the Regional Growth Fund under the Going for Growth campaign which it will use to secure nine jobs and

create another 38 by opening three new stores within the West of England area. The money will provide 20 per cent of the capital costs, and should help the firm secure the rest of the investment needed. And Ed, 28, and Griff, 30, are keeping their eyes open for suitable locations. “The Harbourside area would be good for us,” said Ed. “We describe our brand as fresh fast food for young professionals. Our market is mainly 24-44 year olds often in professions such as law, accounting, marketing, so we need to be in places where there are high concentrations of those people.” The business makes about 75 per

cent of turnover from the retail side, both eat-in and takeaway food and coffee. And the rest comes from catering office functions and events. But while the Going for Growth grant will help it expand within the West of England, Friska’s ambitions don’t stop there. “Our goal is to have 50 stores nationwide within 10 years of when we started,” said Ed. “We want to have a hub around Bristol, then Birmingham, Manchester and eventually London. “We been working hard, learning how to run the business and how to manage multiple sites. “We want to get big enough that our growth is self financing.”

Aerospace industry

Centre of excellence for engineering technique

A PRECISION engineering firm is creating a centre of excellence in the specialist technique of thread rolling, thanks to £76,400 from the Going for Growth fund. Redcliffe Precision Ltd chairman Mike Love said: “We learnt about the opportunity for grant support from reading an article in the Bristol Post. Well done to the Post.” The Ashton Vale firm, which employs 39 people, is a specialist in thread rolling, a technique for making threads on fasteners and shafts, for the aerospace industry. Threads formed this way are more accurate and less prone to fatigue than cut threads, so are used in high-stress aerospace applications. Demand is growing as the order books of Airbus, GKN, Boeing, Augusta Westland and Bombardier begin to swell.

● Redcliffe Precision chairman Mike Love and a thread rolling machine, left The firm could also take advantage of plans to build new nuclear reactors in the UK. The money will allow the firm to level £300,000 of private investment into the centre of excellence, creating three new skilled jobs and safeguard-

ing another three. Mr Lowe said: “Having recently invested in additional milling machine capacity, Redcliffe was not in a position to make this additional investment without support from the fund.

“Support from the fund has accelerated our investment plans and allowed Redcliffe to establish a West of England centre of excellence and leadership position in this key, niche market. “Without it, the opportunity to establish and grow a solid capability in thread rolling could have been lost to competitors from outside the region.” The privately owned company was founded in 1963 by Geoff Sage and now has a turnover of around £3 million. Geoff ’s son Kevin is managing director, working alongside operations director Rob Laird. With growing demand for its services, the firm moved to new premises in 2013 and invested in additional machinery and advanced manufacturing equipment.

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Manufacturing

Firm brings its production back home with plans to create jobs Gavin Thompson Assistant Editor (Business) gavin.thompson@b-nm.co.uk

COMPANY which makes shoe hangers used by retailers has opened a Hengrove base after deciding to switch some of its manufacturing back to the UK. Phineas Products moved to Hengrove in September and plans to raise the number of hangers it makes in Bristol from five million a year to 15-20 million. The company employs 12 people in the city but hopes to take on more in the coming year, thanks to a £100,000 grant from the Going for Growth fund. Managing director Dan Wright said: “I wanted to be in Bristol because it’s a great city. “Hengrove is a popular centre for manufacturers, there is good availability of labour and the costs are less than north Bristol.” The firm was founded in Leicestershire in 1984 by Dan’s dad Chris Wright and business partner Sid Harris. At that time the Midlands was still the heart of the shoe-making industry but later years saw most companies move their factories to China. Phineas Products makes plastic hangers and sells them to shoe makers, so that when a retailer orders 50,000 shoes, they come on 50,000 hangers ready to go on the shelves.

“ I wanted to be in Bristol because it’s a great city. Hengrove is a popular centre for manufacturers, there is good availability of labour and the costs are less than north Bristol. Managing director Dan Wright

Its products can be seen on the shelves of most high street shoe retailers, including Asda and Mothercare. When Dan took over the business, he moved manufacturing to Hong Kong and China to follow his customers. But now many manufacturers are returning to Europe so the former UWE student decided it was a great time to bring some of the production work back home. Even with the increase in production, the firm has capacity to take on manufacturing orders from other local businesses. “We have found we are the only company offering injection moulding in the area so we are in a good position,” said Dan. “For local companies we could offer next morning delivery on orders.”

● The Phineas team: Richard Collings, Liam Burns, Diana Mills, Laurence Hooper, Dawn Ponting, Jan Morgan, Gareth Adams, Dan Wright, Janie Bryan, John Hennessy, Amelia Llewellin and Michael Britnell

Management

Media

Software to help bosses’ decisions

New jobs at animation company

● Director of marketing Ceri Bennett, Mike Roe, and project manager Dr Mike Carter requirement for sharing.” Mr Roe said the purpose of the software was to help businesses across the country. “You have to look at the reasons why the LEP was created and its purpose. This project is bigger than us, than Bath, it is about making UK plc better.” Footdown, which already employs 11 members of staff, will create two full-time jobs and one part-time job with the funding.

ANIMATION firm Wonky Films is taking the big step of hiring permanent staff after seven years in business. The Bedminster company regularly uses freelance specialists but will be creating two full-time jobs thanks to support from the Going for Growth fund. The firm, run by creative director Michael Cash and head of production Vicky Brophy, creates animations for broadcast, advertising and online, with customers ranging from the BBC to Unicef, the British Heart Foundation and advertising agencies. Vicky, 38, has a PhD in biochemistry and is in charge of research, an area the company believes is vital for growth, and the reason it applied for the grant. “The grant will help us learn how to create animations that are more personal to the people watching,” she said.

“ After the recession, there are a lot more small creative companies. This is about giving us a competitive edge. Head of production Vicky Brophy

Vicky explained the firm wants to find more ways to monetise its content. “Audiences are reluctant to pay for content so we want to find ways to make it more personal and see if the are then willing to pay,” she said. “It could be a premium model where they pay for the personal-

isation, or they pay if they want to send a personalised animation to a friend.” Alternatively, she said, personalised animation could be a way of giving them a competitive edge with clients, who would use the techniques to enhance their campaigns. The details haven’t been worked out yet. “That’s what the research grant is for,” said Vicky. But examples could be stories in which the viewer can add their own faces, or adverts that pick the viewer’s most-played iTunes song as the background music. All the ideas will involve Wonky’s speciality, character animation and humour. Vicky said: “After the recession, there are a lot more small creative companies. “This is about giving us a competitive edge.”

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A COMPANY which helps management make tough decisions has secured £180,000 to help develop a new diagnostic tool. Footdown, based on Railway Place, will use the cash from the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership to fund a £340,000 project in partnership with the University of Bath’s school of management. The three-year scheme will hope to develop a piece of software that can be used by companies to run a health check looking at where it sits in the current market place, how it is performing and where it should be heading. The software will also be used to canvas a company’s workforce to gauge the opinion of workers. Chief executive Mike Roe said the firm was used to working with business leaders and allowing them to take stock. “Being a CEO is a difficult gig. It can be quite lonely. By bringing people together it can satisfy that

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Fund winners

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FIRMS awarded money from the Regional Growth Fund under the Going for Growth campaign: ● Avon Valley Precision Engineering, £233,000 to support expansion into new premises and the purchase of new machinery to increase the capability of manufacturing to the aerospace and defence markets. 19 jobs created. ● Pulse Roll Label Products Ltd, £42,000 to enable the purchase of new machinery to produce and supply products in larger bulk, creating opportunities in high volume/low margin markets. Two jobs created, four safeguarded ● Marine Ecological Surveys Ltd, £10,606.25 for a training project to fill the skills gap in the environmental sector in taxonomy and systematics. Nine jobs safeguarded. ● Market Dojo, £24,950 for experimental R&D project to develop a novel approach to e-auctions/e-marketplaces. Ten jobs created, three safeguarded. ● Crossway Stables Ltd, £20,000 to set up new premises and purchase equipment for the purposes of making food products. Three and a half jobs safeguarded. ● Polystrop Ltd, £21,000 to purchase additional machinery to be sited in an expanding factory manufacturing webbing equipment. Eight jobs created, 20 jobs safeguarded. ● Phineas Products, £100,000 to introduce manufacturing operations and investment in the latest technology tooling. Four jobs created, two jobs safeguarded. ● Trethowans Dairy Ltd, £85,000 to enable the purchase of capital equipment to fit out a new cheese-making facility. Eight jobs created, four jobs safeguarded. ● Redcliffe Precision, £97,400 to purchase machinery and expand the company’s laboratory facility for sampling and testing of machined items. Three jobs created, three jobs safeguarded. ● Eurotaxis Ltd, £22,888 to install and operate an Authorised Testing Facility for MOT testing of heavy goods vehicles and passenger-carrying vehicles. Five jobs created, two jobs safeguarded. ● Power Sprays Ltd, £50,000 for expansion of factory to house a machine shop and demonstration/training area. This will include a new Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining centre and fabrication stations. Four jobs created, two jobs safeguarded. ● Mama Bear’s Day Nursery, £40,000 to purchase lease and refit a new 80-place nursery, 35 jobs created. ● Mama Bear’s Day Nursery, £24,186 to purchase new lease and refit to establish a new nursery at a different site, 18 jobs created. ● Mama Bear’s Day Nursery, £17,000 for purchase of a new lease and refitting costs to establish new 32-place nursery. Three and a half jobs created. ● Lifecycle Technology, £50,850 for research and development of an improved documentation process for manufacturers, which would lead to delivering paperless solutions. Three jobs created, half a job safeguarded. ● Polamco, £80,000 project to extend current premises, providing office and assembly space for the design and manufacturing of precision interconnection solutions for customers. Fifteen jobs created. ● Polamco, £89,000 to enable the purchase of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) related machinery in order to grow. Seven and a half jobs created. ● Cam Machine Components Ltd, £73,200 to enable the purchase of faster and more modern machinery in order to fulfil a growing order book. Two and a half jobs created, six jobs safeguarded. ● Ross Gordon Engineering Ltd, £60,000 capital costs of constructing a new building which will serve as a preparation area for latest high-tech vehicle spraying booths. Six jobs created, three jobs safeguarded. ● Fowlers of Bristol, £100,000 to enable the purchase of a new industrial unit, refurbish and kit out to expand the business. Five jobs created, four jobs safeguarded. ● Triptoes Travel Female entrepreneurs, Continued on opposite page

● The Market Dojo team, from left, Nick Drewe, Alun Rafique and Nicholas Martin

Reverse auction entrepreneurs to bid for expansion with award Gavin Thompson Assistant Editor (Business) gavin.thompson@b-nm.co.uk

A NORTH Bristol firm has led the way in online reverse auctions, in which businesses get suppliers to bid against one another for contracts. And now Market Dojo has been awarded £24,950 from the Going for Growth fund to develop software sector specialists can tailor to their own market and customers. The Gloucester Road company was founded three years ago by former Bristol University graduates Nick Drewer, 31, Nicholas Martin, 38, and Alun Rafique, 39. Alan and Nick had worked as consultants running reverse

“ People wanted to run the auctions themselves rather than bring in consultants. We saw that shift in the paradigm and developed Market Dojo software to allow them to do that

Alun Rafique

auctions on behalf of companies. “A reverse auction means if you are a buyer and you have three possible suppliers, you set up a timed auction so the first one might bid £100, so the second bids £98, then £95 and so on and the winner has the lowest bid,” explained Alan. But the group saw a change in the market and believed it was an opportunity to set up on their own. “People wanted to run the auc-

tions themselves rather than bring in consultants,” said Alan. “We saw that shift in the paradigm and developed Market Dojo software to allow them to do that.” Since then the Gloucester Road firm has secured two grants from the Technology Strategy Board, the first to expand Market Dogo into the public sector and the second to develop Category Dojo, which helps companies find and plan procurement.

Fund helps hotel modernise A HOTEL is hoping to rise to a four-star establishment thanks to a regional grant. The Abbey Hotel has secured £85,000 in funding from the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) through its Going for Growth initiative. The money is being used by hotel owners, Ian and Christa Taylor, to complete necessary upgrades to the hotel’s water system and lift. Mr Taylor and his wife took over the hotel in 2012 with plans for £1.5 million transformation of the Bath city centre venue. He said that in the last two years the couple had been able to complete some of the planned works such as refurbishing the bar and

reception areas and creating the Allium Brasserie. However, a reluctance by the banks to lend money forced the pair to seek funding from alternative sources. The hotel is currently having a new plant and boiler room fitted, along with new piping throughout the hotel to help with water pressure. Once the work is done, all of the hotel bedrooms will be refurbished. A new lift is al being fitted. Mr Taylor said: “We hope to reposition the hotel as a really good four-star hotel, currently it is a three-star. We will also be losing the Best Western name. “The hotel has never really connected really well with the city. Since we’ve had

“ We’ve tried very hard to be part of the community in Bath Ian Taylor (right) it we’ve tried very hard to be part of the community in Bath creating the Allium and bar area. “This is a privately owned hotel. The people who own it are here, this is not a brand hiding behind a company name.” Abbey Hotel, which last year enjoyed a 96 per cent occupancy rate, is hiring six new members of staff as part of the funding deal with the LEP.

It has since added Innovation Dojo to its offer, a tool to help companies work with suppliers on new ideas. The Going for Growth grant will be used to develop the platform further. “It’s a bit like on eBay you have people who set up eBay shops,” said Alan. “We want people who have specialist knowledge and contacts in a field, say energy, to be able to run their own procurement business through Market Dojo.” Most of the company’s work is outsourced but as part of the terms of the grant, it has pledged to recruit at least one member of staff this year, most likely in development or sales and marketing. Alan added: “Hopefully it will be more than one person, we’ve certainly got plenty to do.”

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Engineering

Fund winners

‘Centre will be the only one like it in the world’ Gavin Thompson Assistant Editor (Business) gavin.thompson@b-nm.co.uk

SPECIALIST healthcare training centre has been awarded one of the biggest Going for Growth grants. Eastwood Park, near Thornbury in South Gloucestershire, has secured £475,000 towards a new training centre on its current site. The move will safeguard existing jobs and create 11 new ones, including from specialist engineers, training administrators, catering assistants and managers. This new facility recently received planning approval and will replace many of the individual training buildings that currently house replica hospital training environments on the 200-acre estate and bring them together in one building. The centre will be the only one of its kind in the world. Eastwood Park chief executive John Thatcher said: “We are delighted to hear the news that we have secured funding to help us fit out our planned centre. “Receiving this amount will enable us to invest in the latest and most advanced technical equipment as well as adequately staff the facility with the calibre of staff required of a world leading facility. “Our training services are delivered throughout the UK, to the majority of NHS Trusts and private medical facilities, as well as attracting delegates from around the world, including those as far afield as the Falklands, India, Australia, the Nordics and the Middle East.” Funding of the building was already in place, so the LEP grant will enable Eastwood Park to equip and staff the centre much sooner than otherwise would have been possible.

● Right, Eastwood Park chief executive John Thatcher; above, the planned new centre; below, medical equipment training at the centre

Previously it had planned a phased approach but now new staff will be taken on once the centre is built during the next 18-24 months. Eastwood Park has been established for more than 40 years on the same site and was formerly a dedicated national NHS training

centre for hospital engineers. Today it is privately owned, but still delivers training to the healthcare industry, especially for hospital support services. This includes a range of technical training such as the safe decontamination of medical instruments used in operations

around the country, maintenance of hospital medical equipment and medical gas supplies to operating theatres, electrical, lift, air conditioning, water hygiene, fire and general estates services to support all those working in the healthcare sector, both in the UK and around the world.

Taxi firm creates own MOT centre time and fuel of getting their vehicles to and from the test centre, the lane will be open for other businesses to hire. While Juan says the lane will never be a big profit maker for the firm, it should eventually cover the investment and running costs, while saving money in other ways. The lane current has a VOSA tester on site three days a week, but the hope is to extend that six, which could mean up to 80 commercial vehicle tests each week. Juan started Eurotaxis in 1980 and now employs 95 people as well as using a number of self-employed drivers. It is a family firm that also employs Juan’s wife Anne as managing director, sons Keith and William as directors and son-in-law Toby runs the workshop.

“ We decided to invest £150,000 in building our own lane to do testing in-house Juan Sanzo (above)

£9,302 to support new travel enterprise would enable it to expand product offering to other areas. Half a job created. ● Mr Wolffs Noodles and Nosh, £100,000 for relocation project to develop their new premises into a vegetarian fast food bar/music venue and generate further income. Ten jobs created, 13 safeguarded. ● Beyond the Bean Ltd, £73,640 to set up a new manufacturing operation to augment their existing business supplying coffee-related products. Seven jobs created. ● Redcliffe Magtronics Ltd, £14,625 to enable the purchase of software systems to engineer change control and quality management. One job created. ● Redcliffe Magtronics Ltd, £14,606 for training project for workforce to be proficient with new Enterprise Resource Planning software system. Four jobs safeguarded. ● Redcliffe Magtronics Ltd, £45,000 for recruitment of disadvantaged engineers to work on electronic control systems. Two jobs created, one job safeguarded. ● WONKY, £38,250 to enable experimental research and development into personalised animation content for multiple digital platforms. Two jobs created, two jobs safeguarded. ● Eastwood Park Ltd, £475,000 to build and furnish a new fit-for-purpose training facility concerning medical training. Fourteen jobs created, 43 jobs safeguarded. ● Hodson and Phillips Ltd, £12,000 to enable the extension of a car repairs, maintenance and MOT testing workshop to provide a new working area. One job created. ● Impact IT Solutions Ltd, £20,000 for recruitment of disadvantaged workers to perform telesales and business development activities. Two jobs created. ● Footdown Ltd, £178,750 for collaborative research and development project to develop software-based diagnostic product that can assist companies in determining their lifecycle position. Six jobs created, two and a half jobs safeguarded. ● Rockpool Digital Training, £29,940 to support general training, leading to strong technical expertise in delivering digital applications. One job created, seven jobs safeguarded. ● Carbon One Ltd, £98,850 to enable the purchase of processing equipment that will enable them to increase the manufacture of composite wheels and aircraft seat structures. Four jobs created, three jobs safeguarded. ● JMI Bathrooms Ltd, £81,200 to upgrade and diversify their current showroom, warehouse and office space. Twelve jobs created, two jobs safeguarded. ● Abbey Hotel (Bath) Ltd, £95,000 to enable the extension of hotel space and upgrade the plumbing and conditioning facilities for future growth. Six jobs created, five jobs safeguarded. ● Tivarri Limited, £44,000 to enable the experimental research and development into a combined online backup and disaster recovery hardware and software innovation. Two jobs created, two jobs safeguarded. ● Avagio ITS Ltd, £13,656 for recruitment of disadvantaged workers in technical IT services (business development consultant roles). Four jobs created. ● Friska Ltd, £83,000 to enable the fit-out of one large concession and three new stores, 38-and-a-half jobs created, nine jobs safeguarded. ● ETM Recycling, £54,400 to enable the purchase of machinery capable of density separation, to divert tonnes of waste from landfill. Four jobs created. ● Gregor Heating & Renewable, £40,000 to enable the purchase of an adjoining property to allow for further expansion; specifically to set up a satellite office for clients, introduce a state-of-the-art showroom and training facilities. Nine jobs created, 12 jobs safeguarded. ● Vigilance Engineering Safety Products Ltd, £38,500 for purchase of a larger or additional building and equipment for future growth. Three jobs created, two jobs safeguarded. ● More successful applicants, about whom fewer details have been released, can be found on page eight. ● MORE APPLICANTS: PAGE 8

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A TAXI company that started with one car and now has a fleet of 180 vehicles has been awarded a grant to expand its business in a new direction. Eurotaxis, a Yate-based taxi and coach hire firm, has been awarded £22,888 which it has invested in building a commercial vehicles’ MOT lane. The idea came about because of the difficulty and cost the company found in getting its fleet to the official testing centres. Founder Juan Sanzo said: “You can never get an appointment – it was a real problem. “And when you did it was taking four hours to take a vehicle for testing and then bring it back. “So we decided to invest £150,000 in building our own lane to do it in-house.” As well as cutting the wasted

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Automotive

‘You can’t patent the wheel’ – but firm has reinvented the ‘recipe’ Gavin Thompson Assistant Editor (Business) gavin.thompson@b-nm.co.uk

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New home and open studios for veggie venue A VEGETARIAN restaurant and live music venue is planning to move to a new home and open studios for new businesses. Mark Wolff founded Noodles & Nosh after 45 years working as a chef. He started serving food at music festivals in 2002, then “ended up leasing a small site serving vegetarian food that not enough people wanted”. Within six months he started to combine his loves of food and music and started to have live music at the venue. With guidance from Pete Rowe and Tom Alpin at the Old Duke, a popular jazz venue, he was on his way. Mark said: “We began to support live music and allowed people that played with us to keep the money that was made from the door, we made sure we gave the bands a rider of beer and food and handed the money over, so everyone was on a win-win situation. “We support local bands, we have a small venue and, and are very proud of the music that has been played in the venue and all the people who have made a success of the venue.” The family business, run by Mark, 62, Stephanie Wolff, 38, and Adam Wolff, 29, has been awarded £100,000 to relocate from St Stephen’s Street to St Nicholas Street and redevelop two old buildings. “The money will go in part to help restore two derelict buildings we will be putting in Mr Wolfs, six artisan studios, a micro-brewery plus two retail shops and have a living garden at the back. “The building will have solar power, a biomass boiler, rain water harvester, all the windows will be repaired and most of the walls will be restored to the brick which has a combination brick and stone.” He added: “We expect when the project is finished we will create seven new full-time jobs, plus preserving 17 jobs, there will also be space for eight start-up business with affordable rent.”

CARBON components manufacturer is racing ahead of the competition with its new hi-tech wheel. The carbon wheel has been developed with an as yet unnamed British car maker and could be a big breakthrough for two-year-old Carbon One. The Wick-based firm was set up by Chris Marsh, 55, and inventor Bevis Musk, who have both been in the automotive industry for years. The firm employs four people but has room to grow and hopes to take on five people this year and as many as 25 within a few years. Chris said: “Carbon fibre is much lighter and stronger than aluminium, which is why companies such as Airbus use it. “We also make seat components, such as legs. If the part is 1 kilo lighter, then if you have 300 seats that’s quite a difference in weight, which in turn helps fuel efficiency.” Some of Carbon One’s work involves designing and building fibre components which it then hands over to customers. But it hopes to manufacture more itself at the Wick site. The firm could make around 3,000 of the new carbon car wheels each year. “You can’t patent the wheel, that’s been around a long time,” said Chris. “But we patent the recipe and processes use to make it. “We will manufacture it here and employ more and more people.” The firm has been awarded £98,500

● Bevis Musk ((left) and Chris Marsh of Carbon One from the Going for Growth fund, which will be used to help fund the equipment it needs to manufacture its products and grow the business. Chris said: “It’s fantastic that we have been awarded this grant. My wife read about it and I thought, I’ll

“ You can’t patent the wheel, that’s been around a long time

Chris Marsh

apply for that. We also work closely with HSBC and they have been very helpful. “It means we’ll be looking to employ people in skilled manufacturing jobs. We’re not looking for scientists, but people who are handy.”

Science

Team counting on grant to preserve knowledge TUCKED away in Bath is a team of experts who on a weekly basis count hundreds if not thousands of organisms. The company, Marine Ecological Surveys, is hoping a modest grant of £10,000 from the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership will help protect the art of taxonomy for future generations. Taxonomy is the field of science that involves describing, identifying and naming different organisms. Based on Palace Yard Mews the company provides scientific advice on the impacts of industrial and construction developments in the marine environment. Working with companies such as Cemex, Tarmac and Hanson, it has been involved in significant projects like the London Gateway Project. The experts at Marine Ecological Surveys take an initial base study of an area before work starts and then run regular studies throughout the project monitoring its impact. Lab manager Emma Delduca said naming animals was not taught at university anymore and those with the skills were traditionally found in museums but without the junior staff members to pass the skills on to. The National Environment Research Council recently identified taxonomy as one of the top ten skills

“ We want to bridge the gap between academia and industry, build bridges with museums and world experts so the knowledge is passed on Lab manager Emma Delduca

needed for the country. Miss Delduca said: “We want to bridge the gap between academia and industry, build bridges with museums and world experts so the knowledge is passed on.” Marine Ecological Surveys, owned by parent company Gardline Group, plans to use the money to help create a database of samples from international waters, particularly around West Africa and Arctic, which are more complex than UK waters. Managing director, Dr Lindsey Jane Seiderer, said expanding the company’s remit was key to keeping the skills in the South West. “The industry in the UK is a mature market and we’ve come to the realisation we need to bring in foreign samples. Our parent company is a large company and they do international work. We need to be able to keep that work in house. “We need continuity of samples in the labs here. We don’t want to lose these critical Taxomologist skills here in Bath and the South West.” Dr Seiderer said the company had long term plans to set up an apprenticeship in taxonomy. “We want to train them to enter the market with us or with other people. With a national or international shortage of taxomologists it’s important that type of apprenticeship exists.”

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Fashion

Fabric designers aim for material gains by looking after production Gavin Thompson Assistant Editor (Business) gavin.thompson@b-nm.co.uk

FABRIC firm that produces designs for couture fashion houses plans to start manufacturing, thanks to a grant from the Going for Growth fund. Dash and Miller, based in Barton Hill, was founded four years ago by Juliet Bailey and Franki Brewer. It designs fabrics and patterns which it sells to the high street and high-end fashion industry. Currently it outsources all of its production, but wants to set up its own production facility so that it can have more control over its work. Juliet, 31, said they planned to buy a loom and start production by this time next year. “We’re touring places in England that still manufacture to see what we can learn,” she said. “It’s like buying a car – there are hundreds of different makes and specifications, so we need to find out exactly what we need.” They hope to find the equipment second-hand, and the £24,000 grant will help them to do that. As part of the move, Juliet and Franki, 28, are forming a new limited company, The Bristol Weaving Mill, and aim to take on the equi-

Recycling

New technology to halve waste sent to landfill A SOUTH Bristol recycling business will be able to cut the amount of waste it has to send to landfill by more than half, thanks to a grant for a new machine. ETM Recycling was founded by ETM Group boss Eddie McCormack after he got fed up with the amount of waste his business and other firms ended up in the ground. The family business – wife Hilary is company secretary, son Andy operations director and daughter Amy business manager – now provides commercial waste management and skip hire services from its Ashton Vale base. Amy, 28, said: “After researching the sector, Dad noticed a common misconception among SMEs that recycling was expensive and time-consuming. “So in May 2010, he started ETM Recycling in a hope to divert as much of Bristol’s waste as possible from landfill and to provide a service that was cost-effective and client-focused.” The firm employs 20 staff and

“ It’s like buying a car, there are hundreds of different makes and specifications so we need to find out exactly what we need. Juliet Bailey valent of one-and-a-half full-time workers. The usual process sees the pair and their three freelance workers design a fabric and have it made in hand-sample sizes. If a company is interested, they will produce a bigger sample, around 30m, from which the customer will make test garments. And then if that’s a success, the customer will order more fabric from which to make clothes to sell. Previously, the firm sold the copyright with its designs but, with the new manufacturing facility, it plans to change that. Juliet said: “Manufacturing ourselves makes it easier to retain copyright because when we give our designs to someone else to produce, it goes on their system and they get part of the copyright. “We will also be able to retain more profit and control.”

● Franki Brewer and Juliet Bailey at Dash and Miller, based in Barton Hill

Manufacturing

New jobs at fibre-glass concrete firm

● Sandstone coloured panels on a development in Masdar, Abu Dhabi, made using PowerSprays GRC production machinery; a sprayer pictured in use, right helping build equipment to create what was then a new product – fibre-glass reinforced concrete. Once people began finding ways to use the material, the firm was well-placed to take advantage. It later moved to Avonmouth in 1990, which is well situated for its exports. The Going for Growth campaign came at a great time for Power-Sprays, which has been grow-

ing between five and 10 per cent a year and has a turnover of around £3 million in the core part of the business. “We had been weighing up the risks of doing this and the opportunity for the grant made it worthwhile taking the step now rather than delaying it another few years,” said Ian. He also believes it helped the firm

with another issue. Although it owns its building, the land is leased from Bristol City Council. The lease was running down and the firm had found it difficult to negotiate a new one. “I believe the involvement with Going for Growth and this Government-supported grant helped turn that around and create a much more positive attitude from the council,” said Ian.

aims to recycle as much of the waste it processes as possible. But despite that goal, some materials, usually small pieces of glass, wood, metals and soil, end up in landfill because of how it is classified by the Environment Agency after going through the sorting machines. ETM has been awarded £54,000 to buy a machine called a density separator, which will allow the firm to extract material with some value from these left overs. Amy said: “Last year ETM Recycling disposed of 3,000 tonnes of this type of waste to landfill. “The density separator will allow us to process more material, minimise downtime and build profitability, it can separate material less than 100ml according to density and physical size. “Based on product testing 85 per cent of this waste is recyclable, therefore this would divert 1,879.5 tonnes from landfill in six months.” The firm will be taking on four new staff as a result, a HGV driver, machine operator, plant operator and a shovel operator.

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N Avonmouth firm that exports equipment for a specialist process to 120 countries is creating four jobs as it looks to expand. Power-Sprays Ltd manufactures equipment needed to produce glass fibre reinforcing concrete, a material used in things such as roof tiles and panels on building facades. The business employs 26 people and is keen to hang onto its well-trained staff. Managing director Ian White said: “Demand for our business can vary and we want to make sure we keep our skilled workers so we also do high end fabrication work for companies including Wessex Water. “We are expanding that area. The Going for Growth grant will give us 20 per cent of a £250,000 investment extend the factory to make room for that.” At the same time, the firm is looking to take on two fabricators and an administration role, as well as hiring an international sales and marketing manager. The company was founded in 1962 in London but got its break after

● The ETM team

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OR Antony Corfield and his team, a well-earned holiday must be in offing anytime soon. The half dozen or so staff at the West of England Local Enterpriseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wilder Street offices have been buried under more than 300 applications for money from the Going for Growth Fund since last summer. Programme manager Antony has been leading his team in the process of first sifting through the basic applications, then where possible turning them into successful ones which the LEP could approve. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve tried to work with people where we can,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to give away the money. so rather than just say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;noâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; if something doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t meet the criteria, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve looked deeper to find out if it could.â&#x20AC;? Applying for public money is never easy, but the team never thought it would be. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This kind of money hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been available previously in this size of sum,â&#x20AC;? said Antony. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was the South West Regional Development Agency but that tended to be bigger projects, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Small and medium-sized businesses wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the experience of applying for public funding so we werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t anticipating they would know exactly what they had to do.â&#x20AC;? The complications come from the laws on State aid, which govern projects such as this. So the rules on giving ÂŁ20,000 to a Bristol builder are the same as those if you wanted to bail out a Greek national airline. All to stop Governments interfering in a common market in favour of home companies. The grants were available for four areas:

â&#x2014;? Above, Antony Corfield with his team â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Karl Williams, Andrew Youl, Anne Leach, Abbie Evans, Lorelei Hunt and Amber Thomas â&#x20AC;&#x201C; at West of England Local Enterprise Partnership. Left, the Post launch in May last year.

â&#x2014;? Capital investment, such as offices and machines â&#x2014;? Research and development, a broad area but you can only fund up to the point you have a product you are looking to sell â&#x2014;? Training â&#x2014;? Small businesses started by women. Antony said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The reason we can support these four areas is there are recognised market failures across

Europe. For example there is a failure in the market to give SMEs access to capital finance.â&#x20AC;? So there were some tough calls to be made to tell companies who were really outside the remit, they were not eligible for help. The partnership with the Bristol Post was a big success, getting the campaign to many businesses who would otherwise have missed it. And the results in numbers of applications were there to see. Antony said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We received more first round applications than we were anticipating and all the applications in total came to more than the funds we had available, so we were over subscribed.â&#x20AC;? But lessons have been learned from

the project too. Antony said they tried to keep the application form as simple as possible so it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t arduous and off-putting. But the downside was that once the application hit Antonyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s desk, there was often lots more work to do, with follow-up calls and more details needed before it could be approved. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That slowed the process down and is why it has taken longer than we would have liked to get to this stage,â&#x20AC;? he said. And there are more grants still being processed. So the team canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t all go off on holiday just yet. Once the outstanding 30 applications have been dealt with, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be a second round for the leftover cash. Hopefully, everyone will get a week off first.

â&#x2014;? THE Going for Growth Fund is a ÂŁ25 million pot of money the West of England Partnership secured from the Regional Growth Fund to kickstart growth in the former Avon area. â&#x2014;? The Bristol Post launched the Going for Growth campaign on the front page on May 17. Companies only had 10 weeks to apply before the July deadline. â&#x2014;? More than 300 companies applied. So far 138 have been successful. â&#x2014;? Those successful bids total ÂŁ11.85 million in grants. â&#x2014;? They will unlock ÂŁ41.4 million of private investment, therefore bringing ÂŁ53 million into the economy. â&#x2014;? They will create 1,004 jobs and safeguard more than 500 more. â&#x2014;? Another 30 applications are under consideration, for ÂŁ6.8 million, which could lever a further ÂŁ17 million of private sector investment and create 255 more jobs. â&#x2014;? Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still about ÂŁ6 million left in the pot. New applications will be sought in March, via the LEP website www.westofenglandlep.co.uk or email growthfundapps@ westofengland.org to register interest. Successful applicants have to spend the money by April 2015.

Fund winners

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OTHER successful applicants: â&#x2014;? Capital grants (Name of firm, bracket of amount claimed) KWS BioTest Ltd, ÂŁ200,000-ÂŁ500,000 Open 24 Seven ÂŁ200,000-ÂŁ500,000 DBS Bristol Ltd ÂŁ100,000-ÂŁ200,000 100 Acre Wood Limited ÂŁ100,000-ÂŁ200,000 Dr Jackson Ltd ÂŁ100,000-ÂŁ200,000 YMCA ÂŁ100,000-ÂŁ200,000 Bladud House ÂŁ100,000-ÂŁ200,000 Medical Models Ltd ÂŁ100,000-ÂŁ200,000 Bristol Power Community Interest Company ÂŁ100,000-ÂŁ200,000 Grillstock Limited ÂŁ50,000-ÂŁ100,000 Latcham Direct Limited ÂŁ50,000-ÂŁ100,000 IRIS Intelligence ÂŁ50,000-ÂŁ100,000 Plantforce Rentals Ltd ÂŁ50,000-ÂŁ100,000 Digital Visitor Limited ÂŁ50,000-ÂŁ100,000 Bristol Sports Centre ÂŁ50,000-ÂŁ100,000 PMG Services ÂŁ50,000-ÂŁ100,000 Fast Stop Ltd ÂŁ50,000-ÂŁ100,000 The Bristol Weaving Mill ÂŁ50,000-ÂŁ100,000 Artwork Solutions Ltd ÂŁ50,000-ÂŁ100,000 The Cowshed (Bath) Ltd ÂŁ50,000-ÂŁ100,000 ECH Engineering ÂŁ50,000-ÂŁ100,000 Boston Tea Party Group ÂŁ50,000-ÂŁ100,000 Farrington's Farm Shop ÂŁ50,000-ÂŁ100,000 Bristol Beer Factory ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 Becket Hall Day Nursery Ltd ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 Chandos Delicatessen Limited ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000

Ashman Jones London Road Vet Clinic ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 RICE ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 John Sheppard Butchers Ltd ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 Rio Pool Construction Ltd ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 Express Laboratories Ltd ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 Air Systems (SW) Ltd ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 Somerdell Furniture ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 The Cowshed (Bristol) Ltd ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 Floating Harbour Studios ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 Dynamic Heating Services Ltd ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 Universal Yoga ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 Crossway Stables Ltd ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 Cavendish Cooks of Bath ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 Geoff Uren Joinery ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 Floating Harbour Studios ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 Marshfield Bakery ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 Hair at 58 ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 Bristol Rock Guitar ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 Watbeck Ltd ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 â&#x2014;? Research and development Blu Wireless Technology Ltd ÂŁ500,000-ÂŁ1,000,000 Horstman Defence Systems Ltd ÂŁ200,000-ÂŁ500,000 Neighbourly Ltd ÂŁ200,000-ÂŁ500,000 Seetru Ltd ÂŁ200,000-ÂŁ500,000 Shift Thought Ltd ÂŁ200,000-ÂŁ500,000 On Direct Business Services

ÂŁ200,000-ÂŁ500,000 Digital TV Labs Ltd (Development) ÂŁ200,000-ÂŁ500,000 Blue Speck Financial Ltd ÂŁ200,000-ÂŁ500,000 Nessy Learning Limited ÂŁ200,000-ÂŁ500,000 C Enterprise (UK) Ltd ÂŁ100,000-ÂŁ200,000 Viper Subsea Technology Limited ÂŁ100,000-ÂŁ200,000 Esoterix Systems Ltd ÂŁ100,000-ÂŁ200,000 Horstman Defence Systems Ltd ÂŁ100,000-ÂŁ200,000 Alastair Sawday Publishing Co Ltd ÂŁ100,000-ÂŁ200,000 Envolve Technology Limited ÂŁ100,000-ÂŁ200,000 SecondSync Limited ÂŁ100,000-ÂŁ200,000 MIAtech Biosolutions Ltd ÂŁ50,000-ÂŁ100,000 IRIS Intelligence ÂŁ50,000-ÂŁ100,000 Aurora Scientific Ltd ÂŁ50,000-ÂŁ100,000 Cloudfind Ltd ÂŁ50,000-ÂŁ100,000 Multicom Products Ltd ÂŁ50,000-ÂŁ100,000 AptCore Ltd ÂŁ50,000-ÂŁ100,000 HHO Fuelsaver Ltd ÂŁ50,000-ÂŁ100,000 Splash & Ripple Limited ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 NanoScope Services Ltd ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 Auriga Energy Ltd ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 Aquatest Environmental Diagnostics ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 Aquatest Environmental Diagnostics ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 CiteAb Ltd ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 100% Cotton Ltd ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000

Clean Energy Ltd ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 Armadillo Associates Ltd ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 Apriori Digital Ltd ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 â&#x2014;? Other Import Export Services ÂŁ100,000-ÂŁ200,000 CFH Total Document Management Ltd ÂŁ50,000-ÂŁ100,000 TeenYoga ÂŁ50,000-ÂŁ100,000 Horstman Defence Systems Ltd ÂŁ50,000-ÂŁ100,000 Gradwell Communications Ltd ÂŁ50,000-ÂŁ100,000 Bristol Togetehr CIC ÂŁ50,000-ÂŁ100,000 Lifestyle Solar Systems Ltd ÂŁ50,000-ÂŁ100,000 A little piece and love ÂŁ50,000-ÂŁ100,000 BMT Defence Services Ltd ÂŁ50,000-ÂŁ100,000 Bath Aqua Glass Limited (Warm Glass) ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 Bath Aqua Glass Limited (Stained Glass) ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 Jamitin Ltd ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 The Original Washstand Co Ltd t/a Superus & Butler ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 Ngaged Training & Recruitment ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 Kfraser Textiles ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 Yogawest Ltd ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 ECOTEC Ltd ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 Maternity Sportswear Ltd ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 Take Charge Bikes Ltd ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000 Health Apps ÂŁ10,000-ÂŁ50,000