A Lisburn-based printer and branding company is set to expand after receiving financial assistance through the government-backed Go Succeed business support service.
Inkspirational Branding set up in the city centre earlier this year and is now planning to extend its range of services to include engravement and more.
The business specialises in customized branding for a range of items including clothing, pens and mugs, for the corporate sector and members of the public.
Inkspirational Branding set up in the city centre earlier this year and is now planning to extend its range of services to include engravement and more.
The business specialises in customized branding for a range of items including clothing, pens and mugs, for the corporate sector and members of the public.
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00:00So I'm Johnny and my business is inspirational branding, branding anything from t-shirts
00:10and hoodies to mugs, pens, bottles, that kind of thing and we're based in Lisburn in Chapel
00:14Hill.
00:15I think my business ambitions in the short term is to start going into retail, get more
00:20working customers.
00:21In the long term I want to employ more staff, get more equipment and become the one-stop
00:25shop for everything you need branded.
00:28I think what gave me the belief would have been people kept coming back whenever I first
00:32started doing it and then when I opened the shop I'd been busier than I've ever been in
00:35my life.
00:36I think I wanted to start Go Succeed, I saw it mentioned on social media actually and
00:41when it comes to marketing and HR it's not my strength at all and I knew I needed help
00:45and Go Succeed's been fantastic.
00:47I applied for the grant about a week and a half ago and got accepted for it within three
00:52days, that's been brilliant, the equipment arrived recently and it's just been unreal
00:56and it's only let me employ somebody now in the next couple of months.
00:59Signing up to Go Succeed was extremely straight forward on the website, fill in a quick form
01:04and they got back to me within 24 hours.
01:07I think what benefited me the most from Go Succeed would have been the mentoring aspect,
01:11things like marketing and all, I have a marketing plan for the next four years and then HR can
01:16get people to join me easily, it's going to be amazing, it's going to change the business
01:19basically.
01:20Yes, I would recommend Go Succeed to anybody thinking about starting a business or even
01:24somebody who has started in the last 12 months because the help you get is just unrivalled
01:29and doesn't cost you anything.
01:30I think my proudest moment to date has been opening the store, getting the signage up
01:35and then coming to work every day and seeing it and knowing that it's mine.