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A father and son team has received support from a loan fund to help develop their Leicestershire motocross business.
Adam Cook, Managing Director of PWC Racing in Hinckley, received a loan of £13,100 from Small Loans for Business (formerly EnterpriseLoans East Midlands). Established by East Midlands Development Agency (emda) and managed by First Enterprise Business Agency [...]

A Derbyshire entrepreneur has secured a business loan to help develop his mobile fish delivery company.
Ken Freeman, 39, from Cavendish, who owns ‘The Fish Van’, sells fish at local markets, as well as delivering in and around Derby. He received a loan of £10,700 from Small Loans for Business (formerly EnterpriseLoans East Midlands).
Established by East [...]

A video gaming champion has proved she is no novice after receiving a business loan from Small Loans for Business (formerly Enterprise Loans East Midlands) to develop a computer game training company.
Kathy Zablotzky, 54, from Gainsborough, runs the Professional Gamer Training Academy (PGTA), which offers gamers online access to expert advice and lessons from experienced [...]

A former research scientist from Kettering is looking to a bright future after securing a business loan to help set up his home based laboratory supplies company Future Scientific Ltd.
Thirty-two year old Andrew Burns received a loan of £14,000 from Small Loans for Business (formerly EnterpriseLoans East Midlands). Established by East Midlands Development Agency [...]

Two young Mansfield entrepreneurs have received a small business loan to help set up a pet grooming boutique.
Leeann Wilkinson (21) and Kerry Eaton (20) are the youngest people in the region to receive funding from EnterpriseLoans East Midlands. The £10,000 loan helped them to set up and open their new pet salon; Animal Kingdom Pet [...]

A Lincolnshire entrepreneur’s equestrian business is back on track, thanks to EnterpriseLoans East Midlands.

Sixty-six year old Robert Henson, from Grantham, received a small business loan of £20,000 to enable him to buy stock from Europe for his horse bedding business Equisorb Supplies.

Established by East Midlands Development Agency (emda) and managed by the First Enterprise Business [...]

A Leicester clothing company has received funding from EnterpriseLoans East Midlands to help launch its dance clothing brands to a wider audience.
Pete Wildrianne and Lynn Lawson, who run the young, urban-clothing business, Wild and Lawless, received funding from EnterpriseLoans East Midlands, which has helped them to create an online store and launch their new brands [...]

A plucky Derbyshire entrepreneur has launched a new business importing and selling harps, thanks to EnterpriseLoans East Midlands.
Harp teacher and performer Helen-Elizabeth Naylor, from Mackworth, applied for a small business loan to enable her to set up The Little Welsh Shop.
Established by East Midlands Development Agency (emda) and managed by the First Enterprise Business Agency [...]

More than half a million pounds has been awarded to small businesses in the East Midlands in less than a year by a loan fund designed to help entrepreneurs overcome difficulties in raising finance from other sources.EnterpriseLoans East Midlands launched in June 2008 to provide small loans for businesses in the region and has since [...]

A Lincolnshire entrepreneur’s new business venture is set to start off swimmingly thanks to funding from EnterpriseLoans East Midlands.
Richard Bugg owns Gainsborough Aquatics. The business, which officially launches in March, offers over 100 species of tropical and coldwater fish. Richard is one of the first people in Lincolnshire to receive funding from EnterpriseLoans East Midlands [...]