Read how we’ve helped get small business off the ground and launched into successful ventures with our collection of case studies below.
After a period of family illness and her own ill-health, which had left the whole family at a very low point financially, Jane wanted to start again and rebuild her career and her family’s circumstances. She had previously worked in dementia care and seen examples of bad practice, but also some really excellent care which […]
Katie has a great rapport and skill with dogs and her ambition was to be a dog groomer. She followed a basic course at college but realized whilst working in a dog grooming salon that this had not equipped her fully to be able to offer a good service to all types and ages of […]
Ken was a successful self-employed plumber, tiler and kitchen fitter for a number of years, and then worked more or less all the time for one large company. A series of life events, including the breakdown of a relationship and then a serious illness of his mother caused him to plummet into a very serious […]
Lisa and her husband live in PenyGraig near Tonypandy in the Rhondda Valley and had a “normal” family life with 4 children and her husband in a steady job, until their youngest son developed a brain tumour a few years ago. Spending weeks at his bedside whilst he battled with his condition, and frequent returns […]
Entrepreneur David Jones has launched Menai Kayak Angling in North Wales. The business is located in Water Street, Menai Bridge close to the Pier gates, the Menai Straits and a convenient slipway from which to launch kayaks. Fulfilling a lifetime ambition to start his own business, David launched the company in January of this year, […]
Purple Shoots is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales
Registered Company No. 08603690
Registered Charity No. 1155385
Registered Address: 2 Church Street, Pontypridd, CF37 2TH
Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, number 720894
ICO Number: ZA018973