Launch Report 2020-21 by University of Salford

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LAUNCH ANNUAL REPORT

2020/21 THE SKY ISN’T THE LIMIT.

INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION FROM INCUBATION MANAGEMENT In 2020-2021 we have had a very exciting year of growth and fantastic new programmes at Launch. At the beginning of the academic year, the team has moved to our Salford Business School to better align with institutional priorities. We had a very warm welcome and much support from our SBS colleagues and fantastic leadership from our Associate Dean Enterprise & Engagement, Dr. Francine Morris. This year we also had continuous support from our partners and sponsors: Santander Universities and GC Business Growth Hub and for which I’d like to extend our warmest thanks. This was our best year to date, despite the world pandemic and having to deliver our service remotely, we have reaffirmed that our students are resilient, keen to learn and take charge of their careers. We ran two cohorts of the Launch Incubator, supporting 51 student businesses and introduced new initiatives to engage with more students across the University. For the first time ever, we held the Launch Business Challenge, Festival of Entrepreneurship & Innovation and the Launch Global programmes. We provided a total of 86 workshops and supported 305 students and graduates through all of the Launch programmes. We awarded £96,000 in grant funds to aspiring entrepreneurs to start their business. We worked with 36 external speakers and organisations such as GC Business Growth Hub, Santander Universities, HOST at Media City, Salford City Council and Salford Foundation. At Launch we are committed to providing an inclusive student experience and have a strong commitment to international students, BAME entrepreneurs and female founders. Through the Launch Global programme, we supported 57 international students and 8 of them received grant funding totalling £12,000. This year 45% of our business owners were female and 56% of our attendees on Launch events were from minority ethnic backgrounds. We supported our students to also take part in the Santander Black Inclusion programme, resulting in 25 Salford students receiving training and 1 student receiving scholarship funding of £1500 through this national scheme. Through our Santander grant funding, we awarded 6 Female Entrepreneurs with up to £3000 of funding for their business. In Addition, 12 out of 27 Santander Award winners were from minority ethnic backgrounds. We also encourage our students to give back to local community and ensure that their business ideas are sustainable and ethical. 20 students from across the University took part in the Launch

/ Justyna Turner Launch Incubation Manager

Business Challenge, working with a local charity, Salford Foundation to help them connect with their beneficiaries and come up with solutions to the charity’s challenges. The winning teams won grants totalling £5,000 that were sponsored by Santander. We held our first ever Festival of Entrepreneurship & Innovation, which ran over 5 weeks including business workshops, business competitions and virtual networking events. Our audience was a mix of students, alumni and external business community members. We issued 1500 tickets for the festival and our audience attended events 588 times. We focused on key themes of entrepreneurship: local, global, creative, innovations and we also showcased our Launch talent. We held our first ever Launch Showcase Competition that was open to all businesses from Cohorts from 1-6 and 15 students won £13,500 in grant funding. In addition to all our external supporters, 30 staff from across the university have been involved in supporting Launch this year. Thank you to all colleagues who were involved in the above-mentioned initiatives and supported our students with sharing their business knowledge and expertise this year.

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LAUNCH OUTCOMES 2020/2021

LAUNCH NEWCOMERS AND CREATIVE COMPETITION

BUSINESS SECTORS FOR 2020/2021

LAUNCH GLOBAL

BUSINESS OWNERSHIP BREAKDOWN

INCLUSIVITY

LAUNCH BUSINESS CHALLENGE

LAUNCH FROM THE BEGINNING

FESTIVAL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION

2020/2021 WALL OF FAME

LAUNCH SHOWCASE COMPETITIONS

LAUNCH OUTCOMES 2020/2021

LAUNCH OUTCOMES 2020/2021 USER SATISFACTION WITH...

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86%

95%

93%

Development of a business plan/strategy

Setting up your own business

Increasing your business knowledge

Opportunity to recieve funding

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98%

89%

95%

Building your confidence to run your own business

Advice/mentoring

Networking opportunities

Recommend to others

"Launch has been transformational to our business. It gave us the knowledge and contacts to develop ourselves further, and taught us crucial things about sales and marketing that we'd be lost without. Although we aren't exactly where we hoped we'd be 6 months ago, we are a much stronger business with the funds and the knowhow to start getting clients on board. Thank you!" Jade McLaren, VenU "The Launch enterprise is one amazing program [...] Thanks to Jess, Justyna, Ash, Isabelle, I am really catching up with my business and thanks to them this program made such a difference." Ondrej Obediar, Panacea Protective Equipment "I really enjoyed this programme. I think it’s a great starting point and the sessions were informative and helpful." Emily Johnson, SmallTalkUK "Thought the programme was excellently delivered and gave us lots of insights that will help us to anticipate and overcome the pitfalls of starting a new business. Thanks a lot everyone!" Martin Higgins, Balleri's

"I had already started my business but wasn't going to take it too seriously, until I completed Launch and felt more passionate it and took it more seriously! I've now managed to leave my job to pursue the business fully." Cedric Hirwa Manzi, Elleestparfait "This programme has been amazing, I learnt so much and feel like I know what I am doing and how to do it now. The funding opportunities were great too, definitely going to be a great help. The mentors, Jess and Justyna and the people that put on the workshops were all amazing." Krystal Evans, Little Paws Doggy Daycare "The lectures at Launch have been super helpful to someone like myself with little real world experience, and I've greatly enjoyed learning about other people's experiences and having my own ideas explored. Thank you!" Jack Adams, Lifebloom

LAUNCH OUTCOMES 2020/2021

EVENTS RAN THROUGH LAUNCH

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STUDENTS SUPPORTED WITH ENTERPRISE TRAINING

Businesses awarded funding through Launch

£96,000 AWARDED IN CASH GRANTS

Student businesses supported this year

HOURS OF LAUNCH TRAINING PROVIDED

BUSINESS SECTORS FOR 2020/2021

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, we adapted our programme to online learning and as a result, we were able to virtually support start ups far and wide across the UK & Europe!

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Health and Beauty

7 Creative

6 5 4 Education

3 Digital

Pet Services

Media

1 Environment

Housing Security

Sports

Transport Social Change

Events

Food and Hospitality

Technical

Fashion

BUSINESS OWNERSHIP BREAKDOWN

GENDER BREAKDOWNS (COHORTS 5 AND 6)

55% Male

45% Female

SCHOOL BREAKDOWNS (COHORTS 5 AND 6)

25.8% Salford Business School 39.6% Arts, Media and Creative Technologies 24.1% Science, Engineering and Environment 10.5% Health and Society

BUSINESSES IN RESIDENCY IN 2020/2021

£57,400 OF START UP FUNDING

LAUNCH BUSINESS CHALLENGE

LAUNCH BUSINESS CHALLENGE This year we collaborated with Salford Foundation for our very first Launch Business Challenge. With 65 applicants and over 20 team members, 5 teams took on one of two challenges set by Salford Foundation to help the broader Salford community. All 5 teams pitched LIVE in the final for a chance to win part of our £5000 funding pot (sponsored by Santander) and a place on our Launch programme. 65 Applicants and 14 successful applicants in 5 teams. £5000 awarded to our competitors, with £100 for each team making it to the final and two grand prize winners of £1875 for the winning two teams. Sponsored by Santander. Also, Phil East, CEO of Salford Foundation joined us on the judging panel to select our winners & runners up for the Launch Business Challenge!

THE CHALLENGES LEARNING CITY Salford Foundation project, working with Salford City Council based at the Women’s Centre in Eccles. This is a place for disadvantaged women where they can engage in soft learning and re-engage into education. There is a need to recognise and accredit the existing life skills and experience of these women to increase their confidence in accessing education and employment opportunities. The challenge is to come up with a digital solution to capture the skills and experiences of these women and provide them with certificates. Things to consider are limited digital skills and ensuring a user friendly and engaging experience.

DIGITAL BUDDIES Salford Foundation programme which connect young people with older beneficiaries to increase digital skills of the beneficiaries. This project supports older residents in making social connections through use of smart devices. The current process of matching and logging interactions is manual and uses spreadsheet, so there is a need to create a central system to manage the interactions. There are some things to consider: human aspect around access and existing digital skills, safeguarding and security of beneficiaries.

LAUNCH BUSINESS CHALLENGE

THE CHALLENGE WINNERS

WONDER WOMEN

LEARNING CITY

Wonder Women’s idea for a user-generated digital platform, is targeted at charities and institutions helping disadvantaged individuals to gain and accredit skills for employment. Their solution encompasses accredited the skills the women learn as well as encouraging socialisation between the women, alongside easy to use interfaces for the staff at Salford Foundation. “I found the whole experience (Business Challenge) fantastic! Me and the other girls are buzzing!” Clare Wild, Wonder Women

GENERATION DIGITAL

DIGITAL BUDDIES

Generation Digital’s winning idea encompassed a call-to-text interface, with an innovative app that connected elderly participants with their buddy. Generation Digital’s idea allowed for Salford Foundation to collate all conversations between buddies on a database, while also connecting elderly participants to tech savvy buddies to enhance their digital skills. ”Thank you so much for allowing us to take part in the challenge. And thank you for giving us First Place!” Alex Hill, Generation Digital

FESTIVAL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION

FESTIVAL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION In 2021, we held our first ever Festival of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, which ran over 5 weeks and we had a mix of student, alumni and externals attending. Featuring masterclasses, keynote speakers and competitions, we were joined by 36 external guest speakers to inspire our students and alumni in their entrepreneurial endeavours. Events were attended 588 times throughout the Festival. We worked with 36 external speakers and organisations such as GC Business Growth Hub, Santander Universities, HOST at Media City, Salford Foundation. £26,500 grant funding was awarded during the Festival of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, including Launch Business Challenge, Launch Newcomer’s & Showcase competition and the Creative Competition.

/ Naomi Timperley FRSA

/ Elaine Simons

Co-Founder of Tech North Advocates and Project Director of FreelanceHer100

EJS Marketing

/ John Roberts

/ Vikas Shah MBE

CEO of AO

CEO of Swiscot Group and Author of Thought Economics

We had the pleasure of hosting 45 events as part of our Festival of Entrepreneurship and Innovation including Social Enterprise School hosted by Adrian Ashton, Intellectual Property Masterclass, Female Entrepreneurs Q&A, Branding for New Business and much more! We were also welcomed by Alumni keynote speakers such as John Roberts CEO of AO, Cesar Melo; serial entrepreneur CEO of VidMob & Honorary Industry Fellow at Salford Business School Vikas Shah MBE CEO of Swiscot group and author of Thought Economics. If you missed out on the Festival, don’t worry! Subscribe to our YouTube Channel UoSLaunch to watch all our events in your own time!

SCHOOL ATTENDEE BREAKDOWN

34% Salford Business School 14% Arts, Media and Creative Technologies 15% Science, Engineering and Environment 5% Health and Society 32% Other

FESTIVAL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION

EXTERNAL SPEAKERS AND ORGANISATIONS JOINED US THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL

84 ALUMNI

45 588 EVENTS ATTENDED

TIMES

STUDENTS FROM OMAN TOOK PART IN THE PROGRAMME

£26,500

GRANT FUNDING AWARDED

233 1500 Students took part in the festival’s programme of events

TICKETS SOLD

LAUNCH SHOWCASE COMPETITIONS

LAUNCH SHOWCASE COMPETITIONS As part of the Festival of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, we opened up the Launch Showcase Competition, calling for our 144 businesses to pitch live for £3000 of Santander funding for the most progressed businesses that have graduated from Launch Cohorts 1 – 6. 6 Businesses from across cohorts were selected to pitch at the final including, Ceewhy Ochoga of Black Impact, Azeem Amir of Learn with ESS, Adina Nelu, Victoria Merness of Little House of Victoria, Arturas Siuksta of MUSTART and Darya Meskes & Denisa Alexandra from Dar Studio. Thanks to Santander’s generosity, we were able to award 4 winners with £3000 and 2 runners up for £1000 each!

AZEEM AMIR

LEARN WITH ESS Azeem joined us in 2019 for Cohort 3 of the Launch programme. Azeem has been blind since birth; he has no sight in his right eye but light perception in his left, and he admits his opportunities were limited growing up. Learn with ESS is an initiative that uses ESS (Education, Sport and Speaking) based activities to provide a unique and interactive team cohesion experience whilst addressing stigmatized issues surrounding disability. Learn with ESS aims to change individual perceptions within society to reshape towards a more unified future for our current learners. Azeem represented the University of Salford at the first Santander Emerging Entrepreneurs event, competing with 82 other Santander Universities start-ups for grant funding.

LAUNCH SHOWCASE COMPETITIONS

ADINA NELU

COMPOSER

After graduating from her MA in Music: Composition, Adina joined Cohort 3 of our Launch programme with her business as a composer. Adina has sky rocketed into the male-dominated world of music and composition since graduating from Launch, working on a multitude of projects. Adina was commissioned by the GMCA to compose music inspired by the Coronavirus pandemic, produced the soundtrack for her first feature film Huey and is currently working on a Netflix original film. Adina was also the sole representative of the North West as part of the BAFTA Crew 2021, a programme designed in collaboration with BFI to support creatives in the film, games and television industries.

CEEWHY OCHOGA

BLACK IMPACT

Ceewhy’s journey at the University of Salford has been truly inspiring, completing her Masters in Media Psychology in 2017, while serving as the first Black President of the University of Salford’s Student Union. Ceewhy secured a Start Up Visa with the Enterprise team as a graduate and created Black Impact as a response to the systematic racism and racial biases in education and employment. Black Impact supports Black students to achieve greatness in University and future employment. Ceewhy has successfully conducted multiple seminars and ceremonies, including Black Impact’s Class of 2020 awards; an initiative designed to encourage and celebrate Black successes. The current pandemic hasn’t stopped Black Impact from uplifting Black student communities as they prepare for their Class of 2021 event, with plenty more events in the pipeline!

VICTORIA MERNESS

LITTLE HOUSE OF VICTORIA Victoria joined us on Cohort 4 while studying on her MA Contemporary Art Practise and successfully secured £2000 of Start Up Funding from Santander. After struggling with her mother’s terminal illness, Vicki turned to craft and the idea for Little House of Victoria was born. Vicki creates beautiful embroidery kits, inspired by nature and bespoke kits featuring any image a customer desires. Through Little House of Victoria, Vicki aims to encourage wellness and mindfulness through embroidery, just like it helped her. Vicki is a regular guest on The Craft Store, selling her embroidery kits and providing tutorials on how to stitch your own creations. “Just to say thank you so much, I was completely overwhelmed yesterday as it meant so much. The support that Launch has given has been invaluable, and I’m so grateful.” Victoria Merness, Little House of Victoria

LAUNCH NEWCOMERS AND CREATIVE COMPETITION

LAUNCH NEWCOMERS AND CREATIVE COMPETITION As part of our Festival of Entrepreneurship & Innovation, we held a Launch Newcomer’s competition, open to all students and alumni across the University to win Start Up funding of £1000 and a place on our Launch programme. We also held the Creative Competition this year to encourage entrepreneurship within our Arts, Media and Creative Technologies school! We received a combined total of 36 Applications for our Newcomers & Creative competition and were blown away by the high standard of applications we received! In total, we had 5 winners of £1000 for the Newcomers award, 1 Winner of £1000 for the Creative and 3 runner-ups awarded £500 via the Newcomer’s & Creative Competition.

LAUNCH NEWCOMERS AND CREATIVE COMPETITION

LAUNCH NEWCOMERS COMPETITION WINNERS

DOMINIC BARBER

NEPHEW.

After graduating from the BA (Hons) Fashion Design course in 2017, Dominic went on to work for luxury fashion house Peter Pilotto in London. Dominic returned to Salford University to work on the Fashion Design course and develop his own brand; nephew. Nephew combines functionality with playfulness; taking the mundanity of workwear and juxtaposing it with Dom’s own mangle of life experiences.

KRYSTAL EVANS

ELLA HAGGIS

LITTLE PAWS DOGGY DAYCARE

MYSTERY PLANET

Krystal joined us on Cohort 6 of Launch with her doggy day care business. During the pandemic, many people found themselves working from home, which meant they could adopt or acquire a small furry companion! However, with offices opening back up, these pets would often be left alone, at risk of separation anxiety. Krystal’s solution is Little Paws Doggy Daycare, a doggy daycare catered towards small dogs to encourage socialisation and reduce anxiety for our beloved furry pets.

Ella joined us on Cohort 6 of the Launch programme after securing her Start Up Visa endorsement from the University of Salford. Mystery Planet is a podcast and social media management platform, creating podcasts focusing on mental health, assisting other small businesses with podcast production & online marketing services.

RUDO CHASAKARA

WONDER WOMEN

From weddings & baby showers, bridal events to birthday celebrations, Events by Ru has got your party planning covered! Social Work student Rudo Chasakara offers a fully bespoke event planning service, focusing on relationship building with her clients to make their dream events a reality. As we come out of lockdown restrictions, Rudo is here to provide all your event planning needs!

Wonder Women have worked so hard over the last few months to secure not one, but two grant funding prizes through Launch! Wonder Women’s idea for a user-generated digital platform, is targeted at charities and institutions helping disadvantaged individuals to gain and accredit skills for employment.

EVENTS BY RU

LAUNCH NEWCOMERS AND CREATIVE COMPETITION

CREATIVE COMPETITION WINNERS

LUCY HULTON Writing has been a passion of Lucy’s since her early teenage years. Writing in two languages (French & English) often caused Lucy great turmoil when creative writing. This inspired Lucy to utilise code-switch; the process Bilingual people often use which is communicating in one or more languages at the same time.

KYRA EDWARDS To keep busy during lockdown, Kyra began hand crafting rugs, inspired by her final degree project where Kyra repurposed clothing to create fun, sustainable garments. Kyra creates both her standard designs and bespoke designs for whatever a customer requests.

LAUNCH GLOBAL

LAUNCH GLOBAL At Launch, we strive to support as many of our student body as we can, and this year we had the opportunity to support our International students in their entrepreneurial endeavours. We created a bespoke programme for Launch Global; engaging with our international entrepreneurs to develop the skills needed to build their own Global business. From finances and marketing to HR & tech solutions, we covered all aspects of starting your own business along with a funding pot for our eager entrepreneurs. Over 16 sessions, our students worked hard to develop their business models, culminating in video pitching for start up funding and we were very pleased to award 8 winners up to £2000 of funding!

/ César Melo, Serial Entrepreneur Investor and President International at Vidmob; Board Member at Hippeas; Former President at PepsiCo, Mondelez; VP at Colgate-Palmolive: CEO Foster Grant

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FEEDBACK “The Launch Global programme was great, insightful and informative. Also, all the panellists and moderators have been helpful and open to answering individual questions. I think it would’ve been even better if students and graduate participants were encouraged to network. The breakout rooms were great, but there’s no way of following up any interesting conversations that sprang up with other participants. The session with Elaine was great! She’s super nice, supportive and helpful. She pointed out what I needed to improve on, but she also commended what I did well. I also gained a lot of useful insights on my brand messaging. I’d like to say many thanks to the whole Launch team and Launch global for a good experience. I look forward to applying to the Launch Incubator!” Aliyu Yisa

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“The opportunity was great and I’m glad to have pushed myself out of my comfort zone to do it! Thank you for putting these sessions together.” Angela Ouya “I am glad that finally there is something from the Uni to support international students. I have learned a lot throughout the programme with great support of Lisbeth. She has been encouraging us to engage with speakers, classmates and participate in the Competition, which is one thing that I have never thought I would do one day. Thanks very much for this outstanding experience.” Paul Waihumbu

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LAUNCH FROM THE BEGINNING / 144 businesses supported from 2018 to 2021 through the Launch programme. / 117 Businesses started. / 34% of all our Launch Business Incubator members Cohorts 1 – 6 were from minority ethnic backgrounds. / 3 of our Launch cohort members and Start Up Visa recipients have been accepted onto the NatWest Entrepreneur Accelerator. / 7 Start Up Visa endorsed businesses supported on Launch.

SCHOOL BREAKDOWN

57 Arts, Media and Creative Technologies 37 Salford Business School 27 Science, Engineering and Environment 22 Health and Society

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NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS Santander Freelancer Award – 3 Out of 9 Freelance Grant winners completed our Launch programme: Jose Mesa, Victoria Merness and Adina Nelu.

LAUNCH ENTREPRENEURIAL WORKSHOP FOR 100 YOUNG OMANI ENTREPRENEURS We had the fantastic opportunity to develop an Entrepreneurial programme .nxt for 100 Omani students with Honorary Industry Fellow at SBS, Naomi Timperley. We delivered a bespoke series of workshops including ideation, design thinking, financial management skills & pitching designed to encourage innovation and entrepreneurial mindset.

/ Naomi Timperley, Honorary Industry Fellow at Salford Business School

Dr Costas Chryssou, the Programme Lead in Oman, said: “The entrepreneurial bootcamp programme is the culmination of an intensive year for the .nxt participants. We are excited to see that 90% of the final 100 entrepreneurs are female. We have seen a large proportion of women engage in the programme and it’s wonderful to see that they will be taking on the 5-week challenge and developing new ideas towards commercialisation.”

Co-Founder of Tech North Advocates, Project Director of FreelanceHer100

ADINA NELU

BAFTA CREW 2021 Composer Adina Nelu (Cohort 3) has been selected to take part in this year’s BAFTA Crew programme, an initiative to encourage exceptional individuals in TV, Film & Video Games. Adina is the only representative in the North West on the programme.

BEHIND SPORT

SANTANDER EMERGING ENTREPRENEURS This year Sports Media business Behind Sport has been selected to represent the University of Salford at Santander Emerging Entrepreneurs 2021. Behind Sport are one of 8 businesses out of 82 to be interviewed on their journey through the Emerging Entrepreneurs programme.

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LEARN WITH ESS

SANTANDER EMERGING ENTREPRENEUR’S 2020 Last year Azeem Amir represented the University of Salford at the first Santander Emerging Entrepreneur’s awards. Azeem secured £1000 of grant funding through the programme and made incredible connections from all over the UK. Azeem appeared on ITV news, promoting LearnwithESS and how they’re helping to educate on disability within sports.

DAR STUDIO

DUKE OF YORK YOUNG ENTREPRENUERS AWARD In 2019, Cohort 1 Business Dar Studio won the Duke of York Young Entrepreneur award for their creative agency. Dar Studio cover branding, graphics design, website design, UX and website building for SMEs and other creatives.

NCEDO MATEMOLA

NEW YORK FASHION WEEK As part of his BA Fashion design degree, Ncedo showcased his first collection for JUNĖ-16 62O5RSA at New York Fashion Week. Ncedo completed Cohort 5 of the Launch programme alongside studying on the brand-new MA Fashion course this year and has released his Ready to Wear line with his grant funding.

LITTLE HOUSE OF VICTORIA

THE CRAFT STORE

Victoria of Little House of Victoria has excelled since completing Cohort 4 of Launch last year. Vicki’s embroidery kits have taken her all the way to the small screen as a regular selling her products on The Craft Store! Vicki conducts live virtual demos while selling her embroidery kits, alongside completing her PGCE.

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2020/2021 WALL OF FAME All our Launch Entrepreneurs from Cohorts 5 and 6.

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JOE CLEARY

ANTE UP PHOTOGRAPHY Lockdown Restrictions aren’t stopping Cohort 5 member Joe Cleary, director of Ante Up Photography from working with clients to produce cool and directional product photography at his home studio! Joe initially found a passion for photography in taking photos of friends and family and also occasional gig photography, but working in Nashville, USA for the YMCA turned his passion into a lifechanging career path. Ante Up photography has an incredible portfolio of work primarily photographing live music events but also fashion and commercial product photography.

JAMES KNOWLES

ONDREJ OBEDIAR

ENTITY

PANACEA PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

ENTITY is a Manchester-based creative collective of independent filmmakers which specialises in creating beautiful content. From imagination to creation. ENTITY pride themselves on their ability to tell a story no matter what the project. It is within their very DNA and offer our services to help realise what your story is. Corporate & Creative. The left brain and right brain of Entity. Between them, they garner an ever-expanding wealth of industry knowledge and experience to develop, create and deliver exceptional films, branded content, commercials and music videos. ENTITY have an intimate creative process and work in tandem with clients to suit their needs, yielding the highest quality from every project.

As a response to developing COVID-19 early into the pandemic, Ondrej came across disinfection tunnels. Importing and assembling disinfection tunnels suitable to be used in high traffic organisations such as universities, museums, train stations, football stadiums or elderly care homes. Together with supplying eco-friendly disinfection, which is ECHA (REACH) certified. It is also a mechanism to generate income and support development of community.

MATT WALTON

JOSE MESA

ASSORTIMENT DE CURATIONS INSPIRÉES The vision of ACI is to rethink minimalist, simplistic clothing, simplifying the decision making process when thinking of what to wear. By removing unnecessary variants and too much colour choice, ACI have 4 distinct colours of every style we create only introducing new colours as a limited feature, keeping all of our processes and products simplistic in line with the brand values of “less is more”. With the boom in the fast fashion industry, ACI aims to embrace the slow fashion industry, encouraging consumers to slow their buying habits but offer minimalistic, staple and fashionable pieces.

MESA FILMS

Mesa Films is a creative videography collective based in Manchester UK, that provides a variety of video services that help companies and artists to engage with their desire audience. Mesa Films supply services such as shooting, post-production and marketing. They are specialised in storytelling, info-products, branding videos, and live videos. Mesa Films make videos with a purpose, their team designs the monthly media content of a brand to build audience loyalty, and a trustful relationship with their prospects. “We don’t make videos to make money, we do money to make more videos”.

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DAVID BILSBOROUGH

NUNTIARE MEDIA

Nuntiare Media is a is an audio and video content provider specialising in the production and supply of pre-recorded onboard announcements and music for aircraft. Nuntiare provides services for all avionics media systems across multiple OEMs and aircraft with a particular speciality in the production of media content for legacy and/or physical media-based reproduction systems. In addition to onboard announcements Nuntiare also supplies broadcast audio and video content for the legacy-based media systems on aircraft. Nuntiare executes the production of announcements in its entirety, from enquiry to delivery, undertaking the scripting, translation, talent acquisition, recording, processing, encoding and quality control of the content. Often in this industry the importance of the production of onboard announcements can overlooked and misjudged, Nutniare is looking to provide the focus and dedication that this important facet of aircraft operation deserves. Nuntiare Media is currently being established by two current, and soon to be former, employees of an existing content service provider who no longer provides these services due to a re-structuring of the core business activities. Due to this, Nuntiare Media is built upon a strong foundation of existing knowledge and skill with approximately 8 years combined experience in the industry between the two founders/directors.

KARL MULGREW

AUTISTIC MUSICIANS AND PERFORMERS SOCIETY The Autistic Musicians & Performers Society is a community interest company based in the United Kingdom. It is a supportive organisation in the professional music industry. The main purpose of this organisation is to work with other organisations and partners to reduce the low employment rate for adults in the U.K diagnosed with ASD, by increasing employment opportunities in the music industry. To do this AMPS will work with autistic people to help build skills and confidence as well as breaking down barriers autistic people may face, such as social interaction anxiety and lack of communication skills. AMPS will also work with the professional music industry by helping them understand autism better and the management of autism in the workplace. AMPS will break down stereotypes and aim to improve the lives of everyone we interact with. The people we are looking to help are all adults with an ASD, above the ages of 16, located in the United Kingdom and interested in a career in the wide music industry. The second is the employers and professional music industry with an interest in employing diversity into their workforce. We are looking for companies of all sizes, segments and backgrounds so long as it has some influence on the music industry.

HANNAH DUNN

THE NERDY SPOONIE The Nerdy Spoonie will design and sell affordable and concise resources for undergraduate students studying law. The resources will include a range of diverse materials which will aid the client’s understanding of the many complex areas of law. For example, The Nerdy Spoonie will design a flowchart to illustrate the stages which take place in order for a Bill to become legislation. They also format the resources to accommodate students with certain learning styles. As an example, for students who are visual learners, resources will be designed which use colour coding to help them retain important information such as the judgments of certain cases or essential legislation. The main unique selling point of The Nerdy Spoonie is empathy and accessibility. Hannah created The Nerdy Spoonie as a result of her own experiences as a Law student. Hannah turned to certain services in order to aid her independent learning outside of lectures and seminars, finding that a majority of these services either cared more about a student’s money rather than the student’s learning or lacked sufficient necessary information which would assist the student in their studies. The Nerdy Spoonie resources sold on the website will be affordable and will provide the necessary in-depth information which will aid the student’s independent learning.

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CHARLENE MANTACK-HEADLEY Writings, insightings and exponential delightings that inspire thought, discussion and awareness of social and everyday topics through the medium of written word, spoken word, and visual arts. Whether direct to the public, through vox pops, or on my website; thoughts, ideas, perceptions, and disbeliefs will be navigated. Alongside writing & media creation, Charley’s businesses focus on crowdfunding and fundraising for women looking for breast reduction surgery. Often a costly surgery, breast reduction is a life changing procedure that alleviates people from chronic back pain, skin conditions and low self-esteem. Charley aims to create a platform where women are supported in raising funds for this essential surgery.

BRADLEY ROGERS AND JADE MCLAREN

NILOUFAR KIARAD With the consistent use of social media, the average attention span of internet users today is considerably lower that what it used to be decades ago, Business and Management student, Niloufar Kiarad joins us with her business idea which uses text analysis techniques in Data Science. Niloufar and her co-founder are building a news aggregator which in addition to allowing the user to explore and read news in their favourite topics, also summarises each article, reducing the word count considerably. Additionally, offering the opportunity to read the full text of the article from the news source. This allows users to explore the news in considerably shorter time.

CHARLOTTE HAMILTON

VENU

SELF-EMPLOYED AESTHETIC NURSE PRACTITIONER

VenU is a free online platform providing a library of venues for customers to search, refine, browse and book. Suppliers can list their spaces for free, and with every booking, VenU takes a small commission. VenU appeals to all: corporations, private individuals, film & TV producers, event planners while providing an online calendar for customer-venue transparency: venues can manage their availability & booking notes, and customers will only see available venues in the advanced search. If you are not the only event planner, you can connect with others and VenU will compile your mutually favourited venues in one space.

Charlotte Hamilton is an Aesthetics nurse practitioner consulting and advising clients on procedures, suitable for a client’s specific needs. Offering Botox, derma fillers and vitamin infusions, Fully Covered Aesthetics focuses on the psychological aspect of aesthetics and dysmorphia; correcting asymmetry rather than fulfilling the latest trend. Charlotte works with clients to correct imperfections created by other aesthetic services and aims to give her clients confidence, while allowing customers to fall in love with the golden ratio of facial structure. Charlotte currently trades in Ramsbottom and Audenshaw.

NCEDO MATOMELA

JUNE-16 6205RSA

Devotional Fridays is the newest collection now available online from luxury brand JUNE-16 6205RSA Creative director of JUNE-16 6205RSA, Ncedo Matomela joined us for our first Virtual Cohort late last year. JUNE-16 6205RSA incorporates African culture into the Western world through beautiful print design, graphics and colour palettes.

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NISHA KASSAM

EMERGITY LTD

Emergity aims to create positive change within the field of education; creating tools that can be used to enhance education and learning for young learners, particularly focusing on Public Health Education. The concept of teaching Public Health Education from a young age is tremendously important, and Emergity LTD want young learners to be involved in taking action in promoting health and wellbeing and learning about the concept of protecting the health of all within society. Health education, health promotion and prevention can be taught during early years, which can help to establish healthy behaviour patterns that can be carried through into adulthood. Emergity LTD have created an ebook series, tackling a number of issues that would play a vital role in explaining different concepts to children, ranging from public health to wellbeing and anxiety, to diversity and smart citizenship. They are co-designing a series of ebooks that would explain public health concepts to young children in a fun and informative way.

OGHOMWENSEMWEN ADEYINKA-EDWARD

ESOPIP CHILDREN’S MEDIA

Esopip Children’s Media is a production company specialising in the production of entertaining and educational media content created for African children in Africa and the African diaspora. This idea came about as a result of Oghomwen looking around for media content on the Internet for African children that had characters and storylines that African children could relate with. Oghomwen’s discussions with African parents living in the UK, many of them expressed that their children watch a lot of content online (most especially YouTube) however; they would love it if their children could be exposed to more programs with black/ African characters. The content on the Internet was so few that Oghomwen decided to create the content herself so the idea for Esopip Children’s Media was born.

CEDRIC HIRWA MANZI

ELLEESTPARFAIT

Elleestparfait is for the Queens! Selling the latest and newest fashion trends. Elleestparfait make sure you are the best dressed for any occasion with their trendy outfits. With their free and same day delivery across Manchester and free next day delivery for other parts of the UK, you can get your outfit to you for that last minute night out!

NANA DEBRAH

LINKSCHILD

Linkschild a solution that connects nurseries, schools and child minders to parents, keeping them abreast of their child’s daily activities and performance. The solution will leverage Artificial Intelligence to provide deeper insights into kids’ aptitudes to help parents (and teachers) educate the children better. It also provides the school with easy organisation of documentation, helping them save time and money. UK nurseries need a solution that makes it easy for them to keep track of the children and their development. Such a solution also helps them keep parents informed of their children’s daily activities and progress. There are several existing solutions in the market that do this right now, but none of them take the next step of helping nurseries/schools and parents understand the aptitudes of their children. This solution will be leveraging Artificial Intelligence to form a profile of the child over time. The software comes with a library with a variety of activities to engage children and then learns about their interests and aptitudes. It will also leverage details from in-school activities that the teachers share with their parents to inform its profile of a child.

MARCUS BAKER Marcus joins us as one of the lucky students who gained a place on Cohort 6 via his successful pitch as part of the Tech Innovation module. Marcus’ business idea is to utilize and sell augmented and virtual reality technology with the specific intention to enhance preoperative planning and training in healthcare to reduce the time patients spend in operating theatres. Currently, specifically for heart surgery but opportunities to expand into other areas of surgery. Marcus aims to reduce operating times in healthcare. To enhance preoperative planning and training of surgeons to reduce the time patients spend in theatres for heart surgery initially, before branching into other forms of surgery.

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JACK ADAMS

LIFEBLOOM

Lifebloom is an application specialising in mental health that aims to bridge the gap between patients and clinicians outside of meetings through the implementation of features that appropriately assist with the collection and displaying of data regarding a patient’s health. The application can furthermore aim to use innovative solutions such as wearables to further assist with patients and clinicians. Lifebloom aims to improve the patient/clinician relationship in a way which hasn’t been tackled by an application before in mental health using innovative features, such as the use of traffic light system (mood indicator) which can assist with contextualising a patient’s mental health. Furthermore, the application can look to augment its solutions through the use of wearables to assist with collecting data in order to gauge stress levels and location data.

OLUWADEMI ERUNSE

MY HALL SPHERE

My Hall Sphere is a solution-based application that simplifies and establishes access to accommodation for international (undergraduate and postgraduate) students between the ages of 16 & 35 in the UK. It will serve as an aggregator/ On-Demand rental App for the parties involved in the Real Estate Agency chain (students, Landlords, and Agents) and is targeted at International Students. The alarming constraints faced by students in getting accommodation, finding a roommate and a proximal distance to their schools has been a significant concern that begs to be addressed. My Hall Sphere’s goal is to build a student, landlord, and agent go-to app that is efficient and user-friendly, which is leveraged by international students to find accommodation and find a roommate that suits their preferences. As a company, they are willing to go the extra mile to provide the most astounding value at one- click.

SHARON TUNSTALL After training as a counsellor in 2005, Sharon has since worked in counselling & mental health field and recently made the decision to go into private practise from a home office. Sharon is currently completing a master’s degree in advanced counselling to supplement the training i currently have. I intend to offer a specialist niche as a sand tray therapist working with children and young people who have experienced trauma and utilise my trauma training. I also aim to offer walk and talk therapy of which there are many trained therapists. I also aim to utilise my training as a life coach and performance coach alongside my counselling which can be utilised with both adults and children.

HARRIET LEE Harriet’s business combines her love of vintage records & a coffee shop, located just outside her local train station. Selling organic, locally sourced produce, the shop will aim to be as environmentally sustainable as possible and create a support network with local businesses and the community. The main goods this shop will provide are hot drinks and light snacks. Harriet plans to originally open as a coffee shop alone, but when profit comes in, begin to develop the trade of vinyl records. The shop will have a strong musical theme and have a record player that the customers are free to use.

KIERAN HAMMOND

HAPPENIN’ PRODUCTIONS Happenin’ Productions produces video and audio content created and tailored for clients in many industries. Focusing on social media management, brand development and promotion in areas such as Education, Entertainment and Hospitality. Happenin’ Productions focuses on the creation of safe workplace environments after the Covid-19 pandemic in a bid to get people back to work. The company also combats the lack of representation of minorities and diversity in media production industry. Coming from a working class and ethnic background, Kieran has found it nearly impossible to get his foot in the door in the media industry. In a bid to combat this underrepresentation in our classist and racial privilege society Happenin’ combat the lack of representation of minorities and diversity in media production industry by giving individuals a chance to succeed.

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EMILY JOHNSON

SMALLTALKUK

Emily is a Speech and Language Therapist delivering Language programmes for children ages 0-5 in Early Years settings. In addition to these session, Emily runs training in ‘Supporting Children with SLCN in the Early Years’ for Teachers and practitioners’, offer Parent coaching programmes and sell language supporting resources that I have designed. SmallTalkUK was a recipient of the Santander Start Up award and has been actively working with nurseries in the community during Covid to encourage early years development.

ALICIA CORBETT

SELF-EMPLOYED ARTIST Alicia Corbett is a 3rd Year Fine art student, and she joins us on Cohort 6 as a self-employed artist. Alicia’s art practice consists of abstract and process based painting, exploring the connections with painting and performance art. Alicia uses a variety of mediums and tools to create her unique and contemporary artwork, taking household objects and utilising them to create beautiful, imaginative performance pieces and paintings. Alicia records and documents her process on her social media and on her website www.aliciacorbett.co.uk. Alicia aims to showcase her work at gallery and online exhibitions, alongside selling original artwork and prints so watch this space!

FATEN BAWADEKJI

FB INTERIOR

Interior Design graduate Faten Bawadekji joins us on Cohort 6 with her stylish interior design & branding consultancy, FB interior! FB Interior has a flexible approach, design services are provided with exceptionally high standards and are designed to fulfil clients’ needs. FB Interior specialises in residential and commercial design and focuses on bringing unique bespoke designs that exceed client’s expectations. FB Interior works with clients to focus on the personality and psychology of interiors, ensuring their custom designs have a positive impact on their clients’ well-being and overall satisfaction. FB Interiors adds a special touch to spaces with their own bespoke wallpaper designs.

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KEEVA WELSH

KEEVA JAYNE TEXTILES Keeva Jayne Textiles is small business that creates a range of handmade accessories. Keeva Jayne Textiles started just over a year ago with her first product being Hair Scrunchies. Since then, Keeva has learnt how to make Earrings, Face Masks and Headbands to name a few. Keeva runs her small business by herself and advertises products on her social media accounts, as well as having her own website. Along with her standard product ranges with her own designs, Keeva works with customers to create bespoke products.

ALISHA SHERIDAN

BODI

BODI is a sustainable fashion brand focusing on lingerie that both men and women of all sizes can wear. Confidence is the core value of BODI and Alisha aims to collaborate with sexual health charities to encourage safe sexual health and body positive. BODI creates gender diverse lingerie for people from all walks of life, that offer comfort and style for any shape or size. BODI aims to highlight issues we all face everyday across their platform to encourage a safe and progressive community.

MELANIE GREGGAIN

POPPY LAB PRODUCTIONS

Melanie Greggain knows all too well that music videos are an essential marketing tool for any bad and artist! MA Wildlife Documentary Production student Melanie created Poppy Lab Productions to provide high quality and affordable music video services and solutions to unsigned artists. As a musician herself, Melanie identified a gap in the market for a high quality music video production company, that wouldn’t break the bank for upcoming musicians. Music videos are essential to an artist and bands to showcase their visual style and performance when applying for festivals & gigs. Poppy Lab Productions aims to bridge that gap and help artists progress creatively through their high quality production services.

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ELLA HAGGIS

TIMOTHEE BASSETT

MYSTERY PLANET

TJB

Mystery Planet is an audio production company suited for producing podcasts for professionals and businesses. As a service, Mystery Planet researches, writes, plans, audio engineers, mixes, and broadcasts podcasts to all major platforms (including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podcast Addict, Podbean, Google Podcasts, etc.). As secondary service, they also create their own online content from each podcast: videos, blogs, micro-blogs (posts for Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.) and unique sound design assets for podcasts (background music, jingles, ads, etc.).

TJB is an online lifestyle website and brand and is an inclusive, sustainable and ethical platform promoting wellness, beauty, home and lifestyle. Timothee previously his own lifestyle blog that had over 2000 visitors in the month of July but has scaled TJB up to the lifestyle platform to reach an even bigger audience. Lifestyle websites such as GOOP and POOSHE have become increasingly popular with readers as more and more people are putting down magazines end browsing for information online and on social media. TJB aims to provide an inclusive space; bridging the divide between LGBT publications and mainstream media, which is still present with gender stereotypes still affect newsstands.

THOMAS FAWCETT

THOMAS BELLAS

FOX TRICK PEDALS

TAB PROTECTIVE SERVICES

Fox Trick Pedals builds and sells original guitar effects pedals and old but popular effect pedals with a slight twist. Fox Trick Pedals sells guitar pedals at a reasonable and competitive price, while not compromising on the quality of the components, and therefore their sound, or the aesthetic of the enclosure’s design. Thom makes all the pedals individually by hand, with a unique process to etch his bespoke design on each pedal. Thom also makes use of 3D printing to create unique knobs and dials for his pedals, making every single item completely one off.

TAB Security Services offer Security guarding, Mobile patrols, Key Holding, Alarm response, CCTV Monitoring, gate house and reception security. TAB Security Services has many years of experience within the security sector TAB Security has developed its security using latest training, technology and monitoring equipment. They are able to offer specific services or a mixture of security services to ensure your premises and property is safe and secure. A service that is smart, professional and reasonable. Our security packages are cost effective and reasonable to accommodate all businesses of all sizes.

ENRIQUE TABONE

QUE

Enrique Tabone, Digital Curation student joins us on Cohort 6 with her eclectic, artistic jewellery brand QUE. QUE features jewellery products and homewares made from plexiglass and combines fine art techniques with industrial metals to produce unique items available for purchase. QUE currently sells on their online store, but prior to this Enrique’s bespoke plexiglass pieces were sold in art galleries and her own store in Malta. QUE has been featured in publications such as British Vogue and Vogue Italia.

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MARK ROBERTS

LEADGROWPRO

Mark joins us on Cohort 6 to help inspire and mentor others, applying the skills and knowledge he gained through 15 years of professional football experience. Mark completed his MBA at Salford Business School this year and joins us with a plethora of experience from both his professional life in the sports industry and his degree. Lockdown hasn’t stopped Mark from inspiring others as he has successfully delivered his mentor programmes, reaching as far as Dubai! Currently, Mark delivers his services online but once the lockdown lifts, he aims to mentor and consult in person.

KYLOE BELL

MOHAMMED USMAN ASLAM

ISLAND KULTURE

SOTERIA

Island Kulture is a food business that specialises mainly in Jamaican/Caribbean food with a hint of other cultures such as Chinese, African and adding their own style and flavour into the meals making them different and uniquely to the rest that are out there at the moment. With creative and different types of meals, Island Kulture combines flavours and recipes to create diverse and new combinations to excite customers, as well as delivering meals directly to customers.

Usman joins us after securing his place on Launch through a successful pitch on his Tech Innovation module with his business Soteria. Soteria is a health record data management system powered by blockchain. Soteria makes connection between the user’s health records and the access given to the health physician a lot more transparent. Soteria aims to give control of the information to the individual the information belongs to i.e., the patient, not the organisation. By doing so, this allows the information to be more accurate and up to date and a security that important information can be accessed at their fingertips.

DAVID HINEY BA Photography student David Hiney aims to create a multi-income stream creative business. David creates intricate memory boxes, utilising his own photography and memorable items from customers to create curated boxes. David also aims to utilise photography to assist those in care homes with such ailments as dementia, to create memories and work with their families to curate memory boxes. David also aims to run workshops within the community.

PAUL BARKER

ROTOR WEAR

With the rise in the fitness industry and the popularisation of military training entertainment such as SAS: Who Dares Wins, people are turning to the Great Outdoors for their exercise. Rotor Wear is designed for outdoors, fitness and casual lifestyle with their staple product, military inspired combat trousers. The multi-functional combats combine the all-day wearability, comfort, durability, features and utility of a pair of military combat trousers, while providing a stylish look that can transition to everyday wear. Rotor Wear combats will be made in a variety of colours to suit all different tastes and preferences.

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JAMAL AKRAM

JW REPAIRS

Whether its phone screen fixing or battery replacement, JW Repairs has got you covered! Nowadays, to fix electronics has become one of the biggest markets in the world, as electronic devices increase, their repair services increase too. JW Repairs offers a fast and easy repair service for a variety of phones and devices.

OLUWAPELUMI OGUNSAMI

ASA EBONY

Body positive lingerie and accessories brand Asa Ebony was launched in 2017 after BA Architecture student Pelumi Ogunsami recognised an issue with lingerie on the high street. Asa Ebony produces customised lingerie and waist beads in the UK & Nigeria to whatever a customer wants! Asa Ebony aims to celebrate all body shapes and sizes, while making their customers feel confident and stylish!

VUMAH Vumah is an online platform which allows vehicle owners to rent out their vehicles to travellers who are looking to rent vehicles with smaller barriers and more flexibility regarding insurance, larger variety of vehicle options and deal directly with the vehicle owner. This platform is a bridge between owner and traveller/ tourist to allow each to conduct business with each other, safely, productively and efficiently. This allows travellers to overcome the current challenges with renting vehicles from traditional car renting businesses with stricter eligibility requirements, and the longcomplicated process of renting the vehicle they have chosen from a small variety of vehicle options.

ARTURAS SIUKSTA

MUSTART

MUSTART provides video production services for small and medium-sized businesses. They provide tailored creative solutions to help advertising product or services. Arthur worked closely with clients to deliver a bespoke service, tailored specifically to his clients needs. MUSTART provides a multitude of services including, Pre-Production (consultation, planning, scriptwriting), Camera Operator services (filming), Video Editing, Motion Graphics & Post-Production (VFX) / Composing.

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LIAM SHERIDAN Liam Sheridan is an Architectural Design & Technology student, developing 3D visuals with computer software offering a service for architects, fast and at a competitive price. Liam aims to work with architects, building developers and engineers to develop visuals for their needs, combating the need to outsource design work to other countries.

NATALIE PERKINS

KRYSTAL EVANS

LITTLE PAWS DOGGY DAYCARE During the pandemic, many people found themselves working from home, which meant they could adopt or acquire a small furry companion! However, with offices opening back up, these pets would often be left alone, at risk of separation anxiety. Krystal’s solution is Little Paws Doggy Daycare, a doggy daycare catered towards small dogs to encourage socialisation and reduce anxiety for our beloved furry pets.

ADAM RYAN

HOME CRAFT KITS

A J RYAN SOLUTIONS

With the uptake in hobbies during lockdown, Fine Art student Natalie Perkins joined us with her Home Craft Kit business. From Weaving to tote bag painting kits, Natalie provides a range of products for people to embrace their creative side, along with learning new skills. Natalie aims to offer in-person workshops, encouraging people to come together to socialise and learn new craft skills.

Adam Ryan is a software engineer currently facilitating contractual work. Adam works with companies that already deal with software development and have a need for extra resource on a project. Adam aims to expand into the role of an IT solution provider for businesses generally and provide end to end solutions to meet their needs.

NEENAGH CAMPBELL

MAMA MOSS

Mama Mass is a business centring around increasingly popular super food known as ‘sea moss’ or ‘ Irish Moss’ This is a form of algae from the Caribbean oceans that contains 92 out of 102 minerals that the human body needs. This ingredient is used to form a Sea Moss Gel which is nutrient dense and also filling. For this reason, it is used to promote and maintain good physical health & well-being but also cure various heath conditions naturally. Mama Moss sell the Sea moss gel for people to put into smoothies/breakfast/dinner etc, but Neenagh has also developed a Face Mask produced with sea moss as the base and that has been the gamechanger. It is antiviral/microbial/bacterial and therefore works some wonders for the skin when applied topically for a week. The 7-day Hydrating Face Mask is our best seller and often an add on to larger purchases. Mama Moss also sells the sea moss in its raw form.

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MAXINE GRUNDY

THERAPY UNBOXED

Maxine Grundy is the qualified counsellor and current master’s student at the University of Salford studying Counselling and Psychotherapy behind her business Therapy Unboxed. Therapy Unboxed brings research backed theory and merges it with easy-to-use and easyto-understand methods of home-based therapy. Therapy Unboxed’s first release is the “Unbox your Emotions” box, helping you to understand all the feelings you experience all day, everyday. Future boxes will include topics such as Relationships & Communication, Thoughts, and Belief, among others, releasing by the end of this year! Each box comes with a detailed explanation of each topic, items to help with the topic, and several exercises around the topic.

MARTIN HIGGINS

BALLERI’S

Cold-pressed olive oil from Tuscany. Balsamic from Modena. Contacts with local producers around Tuscany. The uniqueness of the business would be the provenance of the produce. Balleri’s source the best produce from Italy and make simple and delicious food for people to enjoy. Selling real Italian produce, street food and Tuscan olive oil to the general public. The inspiration comes from living in London and going to food halls and seeing the explosion of the street food market. We would source the foods from our suppliers in Italy and serve things like cured meats, cheeses, Italian coffee etc. We also intend to have vegan and vegetarian options.

GODSPOWER EBAH SUNDAY

GEE-SUNNYKE CONSULT

Gee-Sunnyke ventures is established with a big picture of becoming an environmental consultancy firm but as start up, it will provide services of review/evaluation of environmental impact reports/ statements. Gee-sunnyke Consult works with companies to reduce their carbon footprint, evaluate their environmental impact and to produce environmental reports for companies & businesses.

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