Success stories

A six-figure business funding deal from Reward is enabling a Gateshead-based entrepreneur and property developer to drive growth and diversify into the assisted-living space. Dane Nicholson, Director and Founder of Zebra Leisure Lease, has various other businesses spanning motorhome hire through to window film and tint installation, but has utilised……

With the busy Christmas trading period in full swing, funding from Reward has helped a Bury-based ecommerce business expand globally. Clear Crystal, which has been trading for 10 years and is based at Bury Business Centre, is a leading online jewellery and giftware retailer and approached Reward to help it…

A £370,000 funding deal from Reward has put an industrial-scale tyre recycling plant in Scotland on the road to increasing revenue by 92% over the next 12 months. Motherwell-based UK Rubber (UKR), which has over 40 years’ experience within waste management and tyre recycling, is utilising the working capital facility…

Reward’s funding has enabled home counties-based social enterprise New Meaning Construction to unlock the market potential for its energy efficient, sustainable housing solution with an immediate contract win success. New Meaning Construction approached Reward to explore how we could help fund its goal of expanding capacity to meet the increased…

The need for short term, flexible working capital can be a major hurdle for innovators seeking to bring their new ideas to market, but not for one Scottish product designer who we were able to support through our Business Finance product. David Law, founder of musical accessories business Noisy Clan,…

With an ever increasing demand for improved sustainability in product packaging and transportation, suppliers who are future-focused and actively developing their range to give customers carbon-saving choices have an excellent opportunity to grow. That is why Leeds-based Procurement Supplies is investing £250,000 to stay ahead of the curve using an…

With a steadily increasing client base, a change of ownership on the cards and a desire to expand geographically, South Yorkshire accountants and business advisory firm Eyre & Co. needed to boost its short term working capital to ensure it could realise its ambitions. The Doncaster and Sheffield based company’s…

When entrepreneur Craig Mitchell saw an opportunity to transform a redundant site in his local town into a unique café and social hub, he knew as an experienced property developer that accessing short term working capital was key to making his vision a reality. Having seen the former workshop and…

Since brothers Paul and John King set up Nationwide Frame Services 25 years ago, they have encountered some difficult trading conditions over that time, but none as tough as the last couple of years. However, despite the well-publicised challenges in the UK construction market, chiefly due to pandemic restrictions and…

Crimple Garden Centre has an excellent location on a busy main road close to Harrogate town centre, resulting in impressive footfall. Graham Watson has owned the garden centre since 2013 and has created an excellent business with a great reputation. People travel for miles to buy his high-quality plants, shrubs,…

When Claire Price bought Reuthe’s in Seal Chart near Sevenoaks, she was on a mission to return the 130-year-old arboretum to its former glory. Previously it had won 28 gold medals at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show for its rhododendrons and acid-loving shrubs and trees. However, it became neglected and…

What started as a hobby turned into a passion for entrepreneur Ray Davis. He had always been interested in boats which led to a group of his friends, who shared the same enthusiasm, investing in the building of a top of the range 60-foot luxury yacht. They established Quaestus Yachts…

When a syndicate of four successful Bradford businessmen spotted an opportunity to buy an industrial property at auction, they knew they had to have it. They spotted the potential to turn a 13,487 square foot building, on an industrial estate close to Halifax town centre, into seven smaller ones, making…

Jason Hughes is a successful entrepreneur with several successful businesses. As well as retailing cars and motorbikes, he also owns the very popular indoor karting track, Kart World in Burscough, Lancashire. He spotted an opportunity to buy a derelict pub nearby, which already had planning permission for a residential development….

Like many others in the hospitality sector, Ponti’s Restaurant, which has outlets in Sheffield and London, was hit hard by the pandemic. Having been in the same family for nearly 50 years, it has survived some difficult times, including several recessions. However, COVID-19 was unprecedented in the way it affected…

Car enthusiast, Olly Marshall, certainly knew what job he wanted to do when he was younger. It was therefore no surprise that he started a business repairing rally cars when he was 21, back in 2003. This quickly developed into him building and selling them, providing support at races, and…

From the age of six, Carol Gerrard-Hughes used to spend weekends and school holidays, with her parents and two siblings, in a caravan at Forest View in Oakmere, Northwich, overlooking the Delamere Forest. At the age of 13 she started washing up in the pub on the site and, when…

Cleator Mills, near Whitehaven, has quite a history. Built in 1800, it played a significant role in the development of rights for women workers when poor conditions and pay led to a strike by the female workforce in March 1915. At one time it employed 600 people and became the…

With an increasing number of patients being discharged from hospitals to free up beds during the COVID-19 outbreak, there was an urgent need for carers to look after them in their own homes, visiting them up to three times a day. Our client, Care At Home Group (CAHG), has an…

Jonathan Padley operates several business ventures and we are delighted to have provided him with a working capital injection to grow his holiday lets company, which he is in the process of extending to include log cabins, as well as barn conversions. However, rather than calling on our support to…

West-Midlands company, Zero Point 8 has over 40 years’ experience as specialists in design, manufacture and installation of bespoke furniture for the hospitality, retail, healthcare, commercial and education sectors. The company had never specifically worked in the medical sector before but was quick to react when it realised it could…

An engineering firm, which prefers to remain anonymous, had built an excellent reputation as specialists in the design, manufacture and installation of steel chimneys, as well as structural and architectural steelwork. Sadly, the uncertainty surrounding Brexit led to a fall in orders, added to which, contractual problems with a particularly…

If you have stayed in the top hotels, enjoyed yourself on a first-class cruise or attended an upmarket hospitality event, the chances are you will have relaxed on Akula Living’s outdoor furniture. Global brands including the Marriott, TUI Cruises, the Waldorf Astoria Casa Marina Resort and Jumeirah Beach Hotel, have…

Following a trip to Bali, Chloe Moss was inspired to make handmade sterling silver jewellery, resulting in her setting up ChloBo in 2005. The company has developed significantly since then, adding gold plated jewellery to the range and building a brand which is recognised for its ‘stackable’ and on-trend designs.

London City Facades Ltd is a leading contractor which designs, manufactures and installs full exterior facades for residential and commercial projects. Working with a number of well-regarded national developers in the South East and Greater London, the company provides a complete project management service, from the design phase through to final installation.

Conwy-based Frontgrid, which specialises in adventure leisure and virtual reality attractions, had designed and produced the world’s first virtual reality (VR) paragliding experience product, ParadropVR. Unlike other VR attractions, ParadropVR is fully immersive and creates an unrivalled, realistic flying sensation for the user. It combines dynamic physical movement and stunning…

Carol Cavendish, who owns North Shire Ltd in Saltburn-by-Sea, has turned her Golden Hill farm into an award-winning holiday site. She not only provides traditional camping facilities but also gives people the chance to stay in original gypsy bow top caravans, as well as a story book cottage, complete with…