When did you launch? I have been in the floristry industry for over 18 years but I only ran my business part time / ad hoc around looking after my children. I started to work fulltime on my business in September 2020, after completing my BA with Honours in Professional […]
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When did you launch?November 2020 How and why did you come up with the idea?My skin was suffering terribly with lupus lesions and because of this I started to look at what I was putting on my skin. I started experimenting and making products that contained natural, moisturising and healing […]
When did you launch? 31st August 2020 How and why did you come up with the idea?Over the years we’d regularly discussed various strategies on how to empower the Black community, who are historically underrepresented in the business world. Being entrepreneurs ourselves and having run our own separate businesses, we […]
When did you launch? August 2016 How and why did you come up with the idea?This is my first time starting a business, I had no prior experience although I do have a background in marketing – I left the industry over 15 years ago. I am now a qualified social […]
When did you launch?October 2019 How and why did you come up with the idea?SCRACTHING MY OWN ITCH. The long story short is that I couldn’t find a natural deodorant that worked well for me so I decided to try and make one myself. After coming up with the formula […]
When did you launch? 2013 How and why did you come up with the idea? The business I do now was born out of a hypnobirthing business that I sold in 2018. I had so many birth professionals asking me how I actually built my business that I thought I […]
When did you launch? After a couple of pop ups to test things out in 2016, we officially started in 2017. How and why did you come up with the idea? We just have a genuine love for food. Food is a big part of both backgrounds (Jamaica & Ghana respectively). We […]
When did you launch?I launched creAdesigns in Oct 2020 How and why did you come up with the idea?After spending years studying and creating art and design I decided I wanted to share my passion for art. Not just my creating prints but also to create day to day products […]
Where are you based?We are based in London and cater to the UK, but we are looking to branch out further. When did you launch?Lockr Space officially launched in mid-December 2020. How and why did you come up with the idea?I was frustrated with both the shopping experience for sportswear […]
When did you launch?June 2020 How and why did you come up with the idea?Finding the perfect shade of make-up had always been a struggle for me, during university I found myself having to mix products together to create the result I wanted. After years of producing my own lip […]
Where are you based? The West Midlands, UK When did you launch? June 2020 How and why did you come up with the idea? On the day that George Floyd was murdered, like so many I was upset, exhausted and thinking when will this end?! In such a short period […]
When did you launch? Our website launched on 1 January 2021 How and why did you come up with the idea? I had been thinking about setting up a business for a long time, but I really harnessed the idea of a jewellery company in mid 2020. The main driver […]
Where are you based? I am based in London, England. When did you launch?I launched December 1st 2019. How and why did you come up with the idea?I came back from work one day and my mum shouted at me for always leaving my wigs on the sofa. I hated […]
When did you launch? We officially launched on 3rd April 2019 Where are you based? We are currently based solely online. How and why did you come up with the idea? Télle Moi was very much born out of a personal frustration, and attempting to fix a problem that I kept running into. I […]
There has been this assumption that there is not a market for Black skincare and treatments – this is very wrong. In fact, a Nielsen study found that Black women spend nine times the amount of money on skin and haircare than their Caucasian counterparts… By Dr Ifeoma Ejikeme But let me […]
I launched Philly & Friends and wrote the book Who Do I See in the Mirror? when I had my daughter in 2017. I searched for books with characters who looked like her. I was alarmed by the lack of diversity in kids’ books and toys. Therefore, it became my mission to ensure that […]