Case studies

Our business centres are home to a thriving and resilient community of small businesses, start-ups and SMEs drawn from a diverse spectrum of professions. Find out more about our small business customers, their growth, successes, aspirations and tips.

Maintaining an established business in a challenged industry
Established for over 20 years, bridal and occasion wear company Veromia has weathered a few recessions and challenges in its time, but nothing quite like the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite the business’s successful, large-scale co-owned teams at offices in Hong Kong and factories in China and Vietnam, putting weddings on pause for the best part of a year has made Veromia re-evaluate their business model. CEO, Vivien Felstein, who is currently based at our Loughton Seedbed Centre, spoke to us about the need for innovative ideas to shape the future of the bridal and occasion wear industry.
Maintaining a strong business model through two economic crises
Keeping a business going through lockdown sounds like challenge enough, but for our Milton Keynes Business Centre customer, Aspire Personnel, starting a business during the fallout of the banking crisis has made them well equipped for powering through the brunt of the coronavirus crisis.
A heady brew for business success
Andy Sadler has been based at our 22-year-old Colchester business centre site for 19 years, so has his fair share of knowledge about owning and running businesses. One of the key maxims he’s clearly taken on board is ‘always have a Plan B’. Indeed, when demand for his initial business offering slumped, he turned his Plan B, which grew out of a hobby, into a highly successful – and very different – business
Building on history to face the future with confidence
If there’s one industry that’s seen its share of change over the past century it’s haulage. When our Loughton client first opened for business back in 1919, its methods of transport were horse and cart and shipping. Scroll on one hundred years, and it’s vans and lorries for the founder’s…
Kent Medical Imaging: from innovation to expansion
They say half the secret to running a successful business is having the courage to take a calculated risk and, 20 years ago, that’s exactly what colleagues Fiona Pocock and Jane West did.
Bridging the skills gap in young people
Our Waterhouse Business Centre customer, The AIM Group , was founded when a void was left by the folding of a government careers advice initiative. Over the four years since then, The AIM Group has grown from strength to strength, scaling up their Capital Space office in Chelmsford until finally they’re flying the nest. We love supporting our customers, particularly those that are dedicated to helping people, and nothing gives us greater joy than when we are able to help our customers succeed to the point that they outgrow us.
Climbing the pole of success
Our Laurence Industrial Estate in Southend-on-Sea is home to some inspiring businesses, one of which is Zara’s Pole Fitness, a company that has grown from a passion and become a milestone achievement for Zara.
From Normandy landings to Woolwich – our customer’s role in history
Their technology helped the Allied forces in the Normandy landings, and now it’s powering the two new ferries on the Woolwich ferry crossing. Hydromaster Propulsion’s products propel boats around the world, but they’re honed at their base in Capital Space’s Laurence Industrial Estate in Southend.
Investing in marketing in the face of change
What happens when the going gets tough? We all know that the B-word has been hanging over businesses large and small ever since June 2016. For some small businesses, there has been no impact to date; for others, the months of uncertainty have already caused real challenges. One Capital Space Colchester customer, Away with the Fairies, explains how for them, Brexit has meant taking the bull by the horns.

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