The Yorkshire Pasta Company was set up in 2019 by Kathryn Bumby and her family, who developed recipes and production methods to take locally milled flour and turn it into premium pasta products. They are one of the first UK manufacturers of dried pasta, using traditional techniques used by Italian artisan pasta makers combined with local ingredients to create the most superb-tasting and...

Simply Breathe designs and makes compressed air products. The business was founded in 2012 by two firefighters, Matthew Sygrove and Joe Barratt, who wanted to bring a product to the market that could supply a person oxygen in emergency situations, such as house fires. The business was joined by a technical director, Dr Tony Ryan, in 2016.  As business director Joe explains, “You would give...

Following the Covid-19 outbreak in March 2020, the UK Government urgently needed to increase manufacturing of personal protective equipment (PPE) for health workers, including protective face visors. As such, companies across the UK were contracted to produce millions of items of PPE to distribute across the NHS. Duraweld was contracted to supply 5.2 million face visors by December 2020....

Rishi Sunak’s latest plans for boosting Britain’s productivity with infrastructure investment have consisted of numerous schemes to help businesses cope with the pandemic. Following the unprecedented financial measures and support for businesses with the likes of the furlough scheme, comes a short-term stimulus measure to lay the groundwork for long-term economic success. But what does this...

Having worked extensively in education publishing and design for almost a decade, company founder Calvin Innes identified an area that was lacking in good-quality, knowledgeable marketing and built the business around providing just that. Working almost exclusively with teacher training providers and collaborative teaching schools led the company to become one of the leading UK agencies in this...