Start Up >> Case Study

Client: Neil Custom Guitars

Industry: Musical Instrument Manufacturer/Supplier

Client Need: Business Plan

Output:
Business Plan
Further funding from Creative Bias
Business Bank Account
Loan from Princes Trust
Referral for studio and manufacturing space

Client Saving: £4,000 on a £10,000 project.

Client Comments:
After initial market research I approached Blue Orchid to assist in the preparation of a business plan that led to securing business start-up funding from Creative Bias and The Princes Trust. I opened a business bank account which helped me buy better manufacturing equipment and leveraging Blue Orchid’s contacts I managed to gain access to studios and premises to manufacture from.

Neil MacDonald

Client: Liverpool Black Sisters Spice Family Project

Industry: Before and After School Children’s Club

Client Need: Business Plan

Output:
Business Plan Funding
New Premises

Client Comments:
Blue Orchid assisted our organisation to provide a breakfast and after school club for local children and relocate from our original premises on Princes Road in Liverpool. We were originally situated in an inappropriate basement room and had a requirement to move premises to accommodate the growing number of children.

The business plan we prepared with the assistance of Blue Orchid helped us to successfully move into new premises at the Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre. Additionally the plan helped to enable us to increase staff numbers and improve adult to child ratios. We’ve now been operating successfully for one year and doubled children numbers thanks to Blue Orchid.

Lygia Warren

Client: All Together Now Disability Newspaper

Industry: Disability Newspaper

Client Need: Business Consultancy

Output:
Business Consultancy Business Plan
Further funding from Mersey Broadband

Client Comments:
I approached Blue Orchid to provide business consultancy and conduct a feasibility study into the marketplace. Blue Orchid assisted in the preparation of our business plan and secured funding from Mersey Broadband. The funding went towards purchasing vital hardware and software required for professional desktop publishing and premises in the Bradbury Centre in Liverpool.

Tom Dowling

Client: Smoothie Revolution

Industry: Health Drinks Supplier

Client Need: Business Plan

Output:
Business Plan Bank Funding
New Premises

Client Comments:
I approached Blue Orchid at quite an advanced stage to fine tune my business plan and assist with cash flow forecasting. With the completed business plan and financial projections finalised, I secured bank funding and since June 2006 we have been successfully trading in St John’s Market in Liverpool”.

Dr Myles Moriarty