Testimonials

It’s been a lot of work to get the business up and running. Looking back, I don’t think I could have done it without the support I received from Five Lamps. They were with me all the way

We simply couldn’t have done it without the support of Five Lamps. The support has been invaluable. It’s also reassuring to know that we have someone to go to for continuous support as the business grows

Five Lamps have been instrumental in helping us start.. The combination of free workshops, training and one to one support has been ideal for us. Without the New Enterprise Loan we would have struggled to buy our first batch of stock. We have felt throughout that Chris and the team really believed in us and the potential for this exciting adventure. They are continuing to work with us as the business grows and that is a great resource to have behind us

Five Lamps have been invaluable to us, their advice helped us to pursue our business idea. We would highly recommend their services. Any one with a business idea should certainly talk to them, its free practical advice. This is our first business venture, we would never have taken it further if it was not for Five Lamps, and we will certainly never look back – Thanks guys

If it wasn’t for Five Lamps I wouldn’t be where I am today, I would probably still be on the dole. Five Lamps are really interested in helping people achieve their ambitions

We’ve already recommended a few people to speak to Five Lamps about starting up in business. If anyone is thinking about self-employment, I’d definitely say ‘get in touch

Working with Five Lamps took the worry away from self-employment and made starting our business a much easier proposition

I found Five Lamps’ enterprise workshops really useful, particularly around issues such as National Insurance and Tax. The enthusiasm and knowledge of Five Lamps’ staff at the enterprise workshops was a deciding factor in embarking on this new and exciting venture

I would encourage anyone who is thinking about starting their own business to contact Five Lamps. Working for myself has given me an improved work-life balance.

I’m not going to say that going into business for myself has been easy – particularly in this tough economic climate, but I can say it was the best move for me. Since setting up word has spread and business is getting busier and busier as the weeks go on.

Working for myself means that I can be a lot more flexible with my time, which means a lot when you have a family. I also enjoy the freedom it brings – working for yourself can be very liberating. I am still very committed to the business and to furthering myself and have just completed an NVQ Level 2 in Barbering

In the current climate it’s good that local businesses can get this kind of support. If we hadn’t had this we would have had to go to a bank and wouldn’t have got the same support

As well as the financial side we also received help from Five Lamps making a business plan and they continue to give us support along the way. Running the business is totally different for us so the advice has been very important