Staying healthy will help your business success

Weight loss and better mental health are among the wellestablished benefits of working out – but a Leicestershire entrepreneur has now linked physical exercise with business success.

Maz Patel and business partner these issues out but me and not by a quick fix.

Paz Patel have grown interior fitout company Scope Construction into a £6m turnover business within just three years, landing the Chamber’s Leicestershire Business of the Year last November.

“I was feeling really low and reached out to Matt Hall, who set up MH Studio in Leicestershire, and asked for his help. My wife and I joined together and doing so massively turned things around.”

MH Studio, in Rothley, specialises in bespoke group and one-to-one personal training fitness programmes that are specifically tailored to the goals that clients are aiming to achieve.

This has provided Maz with a daily routine and he believes he is now far more switched on as a business owner.

Oil’s well for filtration firm

He partly attributes the success to turning around an unhealthy lifestyle when setting up the company in November 2019.

At the time, he was balancing the venture alongside a project manager job based in Birmingham, which required him to spend long hours working away from his Loughborough home.

“My diet and fitness levels were all over the place”, said Maz. “I was in really bad shape and my health was not good. My average day would consist of one meal in the evening, heavily loaded with carbs and no water. I quickly put on a lot of weight and in 2021, I came to the realisation that no-one can sort

He said: “Feeling much better in myself and having more energy to focus are the key benefits I’ve experienced since regularly working out.

“My days are structured around my sessions and I am in the studio at 6am rain or shine. This sets my mind up for the day and allows me to focus better on tasks ahead.

“I find I am able to manage stress far better now, which is a big part of what comes with being a business owner. On those extra challenging days in business, I book myself in for an evening session to wind down and reflect.”

Maz added that winning Business of the Year was an “amazing feeling” and the company is now looking to grow by 25% this year.

A Chesterfield firm that provides oil filtration and analysis products to a broad range of industries has been appointed UK distributor for a Canadian manufacturer.

FA-ST Filtration Analysis Services Technology has added oil analysis company Checkfluid’s range of sampling valves to its product portfolio. Having already marketed Checkfluid products for the two years, FAST business development manager Craig Cousins said being an official distributor was a “real gamechanger for the business and the entire oil sampling and analysis industry”.

The boost to the business means FA-ST is now looking to grow its team by hiring an apprentice to work in its warehouse and engineering department.

Craig said: “We understand that our customers require high-quality and reliable products, and the Checkfluid valves certainly meet this criteria. With the cost of oils and fuels continually rising, our ongoing task is to promote the use of these sampling valves, combined with oil analysis, to aid companies in reducing their usage of oils. In doing so, this will reduce their overhead costs of purchasing new oils, reduce waste disposal and aid the environment improving their green credentials.”