News

Excellent news from one of our beneficiaries: Untamed the Defrizz hairdryer with Argan Oil, has won the beauty shortlist Editor’s choice award 2020 in the beauty shortlist awards 2020, this was achieved on the 2/3/2020 and Untamed has also been commended. The results can be found at the beauty shortlist Awards 2020 website.

Sm@rt Technology, one of our beneficiaries, has been nominated for no less than 3 awards, both regionally and nationally.

• At the National Technology Awards – shortlisted in the Healthcare Tech of the Year category
• Federation of Small Business (FSB) Awards – North West Regional Finalists – Start-up Business of the Year
• Red Rose Awards – Innovation in Business Award

Get Work, a Lancashire company which generates leads for tradespeople, supported by the Investment Readiness programme , has received a £100,000 loan from NPIF – BFS & MSIF Microfinance.

Chris Wynne, Investment Manager on the Investment Readiness programme said “we worked with Get Work over several months exploring other options and considered the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund to be an appropriate funding provider in this case”.

An innovative, game changing, multi-functional product and a worlds first in Digital watches that helps referees record the score of the game. 

The flower-based craft drinks from one of our supported companies, Calyx Drinks Ltd are now listed with Waitrose and John Lewis and available in John Lewis’ Oxford St, London.

Congratz Raphael Ogunrinde!

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In collaboration with Brabners, Robert Sheffrin took part a round table debate.

The University of Central Lancashire’s (UCLan) Investment Readiness Programme has been described as a ‘finishing school’ for SMEs looking to raise equity finance to fuel their growth; seeking to make it easier for businesses to access the right funds at the right time from the right investors, while making it easier for investors to back the right investment opportunities.