Stevenage Borough Council recently commissioned local video Production company Pearldrop Ltd to support a series of videos to showcase some of the highly aspirational businesses located in Stevenage. The videos highlight key strengths of the local SME community within the town, including the highly entrepreneurial and innovative nature of business owners to support start-up success.
The video campaign profiles local business owners who have made Stevenage their home and outline their journeys toward growth and realisation of their ambitions. The videos also demonstrate the unique investment readiness opportunities available to business owners in Stevenage, to support business growth for businesses from a range of sectors, making Stevenage a prime destination of choice for businesses to start, grow and succeed.
The promotional videos showcase key sectors within Stevenage and Hertfordshire the county of opportunity.
Businesses featured in the series include:
Kutchenhaus Stevenage was launched by the business owner Zunair Shahid, following 20 years of experience within the Kitchen industry and a passion to support his dream. The business is located in one of Stevenage’s prime business parks, in a highly attractive location and with room to grow. Kutchenhaus Stevenage recently celebrated its first anniversary and is growing from strength to strength, thanks to the tenacity of its business owner and a dedicated team to support a superb customer service and a high-end product.
Freeform Fabrication Ltd led by business owner, Efrat Sharon provides high end precision technology, 3D and Laser solutions to modernise and transform manufacturing processes. The business supports applications within several key sectors including, high performance engineering and manufacturing; healthcare; including orthodontics and the creative industry, including jewellery making and arts and crafts. The business chose Stevenage as its primary HQ location and has benefitted from being located in the town to support its wider growth aspirations. The business outgrew its first premises and has recently moved to larger premises within another of Stevenage’s many attractive business parks.
“Achieving the seemingly impossible”, to a tight timescale and often within complex structures is the entertainment and live events industry reputation gained by business owner Adam Searle and team from the Rigging Team Ltd. Providing unique reliable rigging and automation solutions “whatever the challenge” the Rigging Team support a vast portfolio of influential and prestigious client list at live events, within film and tv production and at concerts across the UK. Already on an exceptionally demanding schedule, The Rigging Team also offer consultancy support and vast expertise and technical training through regular run events at their location in Stevenage for industry personnel. With continuous innovative solutions for a live entertainment and events industry and aspirational growth plans to further support the business, the business is very much aligned with the wider Herts ambition to support the Film, Media and Creative industry across the UK and beyond.
Tier 2 Consulting are software development experts, helping organisations from a range of sectors delivering web, mobile and integration solutions using modern, open source, cloud-native technology, and an agile project approach. The business has benefits from key local talent and skills and continues to work closely with the educational sector to grow their team and support growth ambitions. They started their journey at the award-winning council owned Business Technology Centre (btc) and recently celebrated their twentieth anniversary. The business has grown in personnel and turnover and are a key contributor to the growth of the Tech sector in Stevenage and Hertfordshire.
Denise Austin, Co-owner of Pearldrop Ltd stated, “As a Stevenage business, we were delighted to be able to support the production of these videos. Videos are a great way of capturing the essence of a business from their humble beginnings and showcase that wider growth journey, often sharing details of challenges and highlighting successes. As a local business, who are part of the local business community, we are thrilled to be working with Stevenage Borough Council on this unique project in promoting the breadth of local businesses. We recognise the dedicated support on offer from the council and the local investment opportunities for business to grow their teams and realise ambitions.”
Cllr Lloyd Briscoe, Executive Member for Economy and Enterprise at Stevenage Borough Council said:
“We are hugely proud of our local business community here in Stevenage and the part they play in supporting the local and UK wide economy. Businesses in Stevenage feature on a global stage and as a council we endeavour to continue to celebrate and support the success of our local businesses. We are delighted to support a video campaign to demonstrate the calibre of highly entrepreneurial and innovative businesses we have located here in Stevenage. Businesses inform us of the great reasons to invest in Stevenage and it’s great to see these messages being captured in the videos. Stevenage Borough Council is fully committed to helping businesses grow and accelerate. We will continue to work to provide a business environment that is highly supportive and provides the essential enterprise and innovative infrastructure that our businesses need to start-up. We will ensure Stevenage businesses have access to highly qualified advice, information and guidance, as well as access to high quality business accommodation and state of the art facilities and specialised networks to ensure local businesses thrive and reach their maximum potential.
Whether you are a start-up, have ambitious growth plans or are looking to invest in Stevenage, we can provide you with a wide array of solutions, all suited to support your individual business needs.
For further information please contact Stevenage Borough Council’s Economic Development team Economic.Development@stevenage.gov.uk