How successful have lockdown start-ups become?

During lockdown many people had extra time on their hands, and everyone knew at least one person who promoted their small business on social media. According to Companies House, almost half a million new UK businesses were created in 2020*. Many of which began by serving their local community and continued to grow with the #supportlocalbusiness trend.?Now, in 2022 let’s have a look at a few that succeeded past lockdown and continue to thrive.

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Indulgent Chocolate

For Keith, the Founder of Indulgent chocolate, his business started when he lost his job during the pandemic and turned his kitchen into a chocolate factory. The home-made chocolate, originally advertised on Facebook to family and friends expanded to his local community and continues to grow. His chocolate is now sold in bulk as gifts to employees and can be bought online*.

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The Scent Corvus

Another successful business that started in the kitchen during lockdown 2020, was a Gothic candle company created by Director Jessica Messenger. Within the first 3 weeks, the start-up had turned over ￡3,000 in sales and struggled to keep up with the overwhelming consumer demand. Now the company continues to be wildly successful and boasts an impressive social media following of 17.8k followers on Instagram alone as well as winning Home Fragrance Brand of the Year Award 2022.*

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Pioneer

Pioneer was created in 2020 by A-level student Joely To, due to the lack of support networks nurturing girls’ passion for maths beyond secondary school. The massively successful project partnered up with Girls In Data to host 3 data challenge series and a summer school for more than 600 girls in the UK. Pioneer continues to encourage girls into Mathematics and increase awareness around the lack of diversity in STEM.*

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Research by Forbes estimates that only between 45% to 51% of small businesses survive the five-year mark*, the Office for National Statistics?state that entrepreneurs and their start-ups?will play a “vital role” in the UK’s economic recovery*. If you started a small business in lockdown and are continuously growing, then consider outsourcing your HR and Payroll with Exceed. Outsourcing can save you a significant amount of time, money and stress in comparison to doing it all yourself.?Outsourcing with us removes the hindrance of HR hiccups and Payroll headaches; giving you time to focus on growing your business, while we work in the background. Get in touch now, we would love to help you grow.

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