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34 Nottingham Post Wednesday October 9, 2013 NEP-E01-S2 EP01 NEP-E01-S2 EP01 Nottingham Post Wednesday October 9, 2013 35 For breaking news go to nottinghampost.com For breaking news go to nottinghampost.com BUSINESS Po s t Daily City centre lingerie store set to give couple’s firm extra boost Uni students hit a winning streak STUDENTS from The Uni- versity of Nottingham turned out winners a Dragon’s Den-style competition during the UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) Entrepreneurs’ Festiv- al in Manchester. Ashutosh Pathak was part of the overall winning team, Bro- botics, and Ammar Mussaji and Thungdemo Ovung were part of the 3D Life team that also won an award. The enterprise competition marked the launch of The Siri- us Programme, spearheaded by UKTI, which aims to bring the world’s best entrepreneur- ial talent to the UK. The 12-month start-up sup- port and acceleration package is open to students and recent graduates with an early-stage business idea or plan. Successful applicants re- ceive a full range of support including investment, a place on a business accelerator pro- gramme, mentoring and logist- ical help with moving here. The 3D Life team’s concept was for a sustainable and cost-effective water filtration system for developing coun- tries. It secured them the most innovative prize. Ammar Mussaji said: “Win- ning this award has given us all great confidence. Not only was this competition a great op- portunity to work as a team, it allowed us to each develop our business acumen too.” AN INDEPENDENT lingerie chain which already has stores in Beeston and West Bridgford has opened its third store in the city centre. Jolie Lingerie, which stocks designer lingerie, hosiery, swimwear and nightwear, has opened in Flying Horse Walk. Customers are invited to a launch event at the new store from noon until 8.30pm on Tuesday, October 15. The chain is owned by Jim and Brigitte Armstrong, who opened their first shop in Bee- ston in 2004. Their second store was opened in West Bridgford in 2008. Amanda Mills, 34, of Den- bury Court, Mapperley, who is manager of all three stores, said: “Flying Horse Walk is a other shops. It’s nice to have a touch of luxury because it’s not often that you have a proper lingerie shop rather than a de- partment store.” While the owners hope their increased physical presence in the city centre will help boost sales, Jolie Lingerie’s online business continues to grow year on year. The website attracts busi- ness from all over the world, including customers across Europe, Australia and Amer- ica. Web administrator Zoe Brindley, 23, of Bridgnorth Drive, Clifton, said: “It’s good to have the web business as well as the store because we do get a lot of customers who are not from the Nottingham area.” The firm also has Facebook and Twitter pages. For further details visit www.jolielingerie.co.uk Getting ready for launch day: Amanda Mills, manager of Jolie Lingerie. PICTURE: DAN MATTHAMS C081013DA1-16 By Gemma Toulson [email protected] What’s the name of your business? Apalts. We’re based in the Flying Horse Walk in Not- tingham city centre. What is its product or ser- vice? We provide apparel fittings and alterations. Where did you get the idea from? We started as a women’s boutique shop and offered our customers free fittings for the clothes they pur- chased. We soon found we were getting more and more alteration requests for items not sold in our store, which made us realise the demand and appreciation for what we did. So we moved on to open a store solely for al- terations and fittings. What did you have to do to get started? I sourced and invested heav- ily in machinery and equip- ment. This has allowed us to ensure we can handle the broad spectrum of altera- tions and garment material which comes in. How has your product/service evolved? Our new business, Ice Dry Cleaning, now sits alongside Apalts. What has the biggest im- pact on the way your product/service changes? Current trends in fashion dictate the needs of our cus- tomers and how they wish to fit and alter clothing. What’s been the biggest lesson you’ve learned? We all have very different tastes in fashion, but it is what the customer wants that holds priority. After all, fashion is subjective. So it is true to say that the custom- er is always right. How has the business g rown? Since opening, we have moved from a small unit along Byards Lane to a lar- ger unit within The Flying Horse Walk. This has en- BUSINESS Po s t Daily Handelsbanken to open new branch for affluent suburb WEST BRIDGFORD’S status as one of Nottinghamshire’s most affluent addresses has received another boost after a Swedish bank revealed plans to open a branch there. Handelsbanken says it is ex- pecting to move into an office in the town by the end of the year. The new office complements the bank’s existing branch in the centre of Nottingham. It will be managed by Ian Davys, a senior member of the bank’s team in the city. Handelsbanken tends to serve clients who are either professionals or in business. The firm claims to be dif- ferent to other banks because most of the decision-making about the finances it agrees with customers is done at branch level instead of by a centralised head office. Handelsbanken doesn’t pay its staff bonuses or have sales targets either. Mr Davys said: “Business for us is going very well. “We have always concen- trated on doing business loc- ally with good quality custom- ers through a long-term rela- tionship. “That model has never changed, regardless of what has been happening in the wider economy. “It has stood us in good stead because these are the kind of prudent customers who have tended to weather the storm better than others. “The area we’ll be covering from West Bridgford provides some excellent opportunities bank NatWest in the East Mid- lands. He will head a team which also includes Richard Altoft, who will be corporate manager, and Julie Corthorn, who will be individual banking man- ager. The new office will serve cus- tomers across south Notting- hamshire, and Mr Davys says he thinks the bank will benefit from an improving economy. “While we tend to deal with people who are better placed to weather the storm, these are people who also tend to invest when they see recovery com- ing,” he said. “These are often quite con- servative people in the ap- proach they take to finance. But so are we. “We have done very well in Nottingham and we believe we can do the same again with another front door in West Bridgford.” Originally from Sweden, Handelsbanken now has more than 750 branches in 24 coun- tries. It has, for the last two years, been judged one of the world’s ten strongest banks by finan- cial information provider Bloomberg. Scandinavian style: Ian Davys, from Handelsbanken, which is coming to West Bridgford. We have always concentrated on doing business locally with good quality customers Ian Davys ‘‘ The Big Idea Saffron Leong explains how a boutique turned into the fittings service Apalts, based in Flying Horse Walk Clothing service fits bill Around 70 per cent of women in the UK are wearing the wrong size bra Amanda Mills ‘‘ A YOUNG Notts entrepreneur who is the UK’S sole importer of a flood protection system has been showcasing his product at a series of exhibitions. Simon Crowther, 19, of Main Street, Woodborough, com- bines selling water gate bar- riers with studying a civil en- gineering degree at the Uni- versity of Nottingham. He recently set up stands at an emergency services show at the NEC in Birmingham and at the Southwell Ploughing Match. Simon said: “The product had an incredible amount of interest and, as a result, we have some demos coming up with the Environment Agency and fire services.” Simon’s flood protection plan fits in bag bra to women in their 80s. It stocks a huge variety of sizes, including bras in a 28 back to a 46 back and from an A cup to a K cup. The store also sells special maternity and mastectomy un- derwear, including softer bras. Evening appointments can be made at the shop for any bridal groups, first-time mums or women who have recently had mastectomy operations and are not able to go shopping during the day. And as lingerie is often a popular gift idea for husbands and partners, Jolie Lingerie keeps private customer re- cords of sizes to make the buy- ing process easier. Lingerie stylist Meg Foxall, 22, of Premier Road, Beeston, who previously worked in the Beeston store and is now at the new Flying Horse Walk boutique, said: “There’s a really different feel from the abled us to greatly expand our workshop. How will the business evolve in future? We are currently working on a new project – we’re sampling a small collection of smart casual wear for men, which will launch un- der the Apalts label. It con- sists of shirts, blazers, out- erwear, chinos, tees and jeans, and we’re hoping to stock it online too. How many people work in the business? A small team of 10. Do you have plans to ex- pand? Yes – we’re looking to launch SkinnyMyJeans.com, an online service where customers can send in their jeans for altering. The jeans will then be posted back. for Handelsbanken. We have always enjoyed a good flow of business from the South Not- tinghamshire area and we are committed to introducing our unique local relationship banking approach to more and more businesses and individu- als locally.” Mr Davys joined Handels- banken in 2008 after a career spent mostly with high street By Richard Baker Business Correspondent fantastic location and it fits our brands as they are quite high end. “We’ve had sales every day since we’ve opened but we now need to concentrate on getting customers through the door. We are having a launch night on Tuesday. “We offer a very personal service and all of the staff are trained bra fitters. “Around 70 per cent of wo- men in the UK are wearing the wrong size bra so it’s very im- portant that our customers go away feeling comfortable. “You can take a couple of pounds off by wearing the right size bra.” The shop competes with de- partment stores by offering a personal service, catering for a wide range of customers, from girls shopping for their first The barriers comprise a sys- tem of close-fitting tarpaulin in which water pours in, provid- ing a self-deploying and strong, stabilised water barrier. They’re the equivalent of around 700 sandbags and can be packed into a duffel bag and deployed quickly – 152 metres in less than two minutes. Water wonder: Simon Crowther with one of his imported flood defence water barriers. Travel Calls cost 5ppm from a BT landline. You may also be charged a connection fee. Mobile and other providers’ charges may vary. 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34 Nottingham Post Wednesday October 9, 2013 NEP-E01-S2 EP01 NEP-E01-S2 EP01 Nottingham Post Wednesday October 9, 2013 35For breaking news go to nottinghampost.com For breaking news go to nottinghampost.com

BUSINESSPo s t Daily

City centre lingerie store set togive couple’s firm extra boost

Uni students hita winning streakSTUDENTS from The Uni-versity of Nottingham turnedout winners a Dragon’sDen-style competition duringthe UK Trade & Investment(UKTI) Entrepreneurs’ Fe s t iv -al in Manchester.

Ashutosh Pathak was part ofthe overall winning team, Bro-botics, and Ammar Mussajiand Thungdemo Ovung werepart of the 3D Life team thatalso won an award.

The enterprise competitionmarked the launch of The Siri-us Programme, spearheadedby UKTI, which aims to bringthe world’s best entrepreneur-ial talent to the UK.

The 12-month start-up sup-port and acceleration packageis open to students and recentgraduates with an early-stagebusiness idea or plan.

Successful applicants re-ceive a full range of supportincluding investment, a placeon a business accelerator pro-gramme, mentoring and logist-ical help with moving here.

The 3D Life team’s conceptwas for a sustainable andcost-effective water filtrationsystem for developing coun-tries. It secured them the mostinnovative prize.

Ammar Mussaji said: “Wi n -ning this award has given us allgreat confidence. Not only wasthis competition a great op-portunity to work as a team, itallowed us to each develop ourbusiness acumen too.”

AN INDEPENDENT lingeriechain which already has storesin Beeston and West Bridgfordhas opened its third store in thecity centre.

Jolie Lingerie, which stocksdesigner lingerie, hosiery,swimwear and nightwear, hasopened in Flying Horse Walk.

Customers are invited to alaunch event at the new storefrom noon until 8.30pm onTuesday, October 15.

The chain is owned by Jimand Brigitte Armstrong, whoopened their first shop in Bee-ston in 2004.

Their second store wasopened in West Bridgford in2008.

Amanda Mills, 34, of Den-bury Court, Mapperley, who ismanager of all three stores,said: “Flying Horse Walk is a

other shops. It’s nice to have atouch of luxury because it’s notoften that you have a properlingerie shop rather than a de-partment store.”

While the owners hope theirincreased physical presence inthe city centre will help boostsales, Jolie Lingerie’s onlinebusiness continues to growyear on year.

The website attracts busi-ness from all over the world,including customers acrossEurope, Australia and Amer-ica.

Web administrator ZoeBrindley, 23, of BridgnorthDrive, Clifton, said: “It’s goodto have the web business aswell as the store because we doget a lot of customers who arenot from the Nottinghama re a . ”

The firm also has Facebookand Twitter pages.

For further details visitwww.jolieling erie.co.uk

Getting ready for launch day: Amanda Mills, manager of Jolie Lingerie. PICTURE: DAN MATTHAMS C081013DA1-16

By Gemma [email protected]

W hat’s the name of yourbusiness?Apalts. We’re based in theFlying Horse Walk in Not-tingham city centre.

What is its product or ser-vice?We provide apparel fittingsand alterations.

Where did you get theidea from?We started as a women’sboutique shop and offeredour customers free fittingsfor the clothes they pur-chased. We soon found wewere getting more and morealteration requests for itemsnot sold in our store, whichmade us realise the demandand appreciation for whatwe did. So we moved on toopen a store solely for al-terations and fittings.

What did you have to do toget started?I sourced and invested heav-ily in machinery and equip-ment. This has allowed us toensure we can handle thebroad spectrum of altera-tions and garment materialwhich comes in.

How has yourproduct/service evolved?Our new business, Ice Dry

Cleaning, now sits alongsideAp a l t s.

What has the biggest im-pact on the way yourproduct/service changes?Current trends in fashiondictate the needs of our cus-tomers and how they wishto fit and alter clothing.

W hat’s been the biggestlesson you’ve learned?We all have very differenttastes in fashion, but it iswhat the customer wantsthat holds priority. After all,fashion is subjective. So it istrue to say that the custom-er is always right.

How has the businessg rown?Since opening, we havemoved from a small unitalong Byards Lane to a lar-ger unit within The FlyingHorse Walk. This has en-

BUSINESSPo s t Daily

Handelsbanken toopen new branchfor affluent suburbWEST BRIDGFORD’S status asone of Nottinghamshire’s mostaffluent addresses has receivedanother boost after a Swedishbank revealed plans to open abranch there.

Handelsbanken says it is ex-pecting to move into an officein the town by the end of theye a r.

The new office complementsthe bank’s existing branch inthe centre of Nottingham.

It will be managed by IanD av y s, a senior member of thebank’s team in the city.

Handelsbanken tends toserve clients who are eitherprofessionals or in business.

The firm claims to be dif-ferent to other banks becausemost of the decision-makingabout the finances it agreeswith customers is done atbranch level instead of by acentralised head office.

Handelsbanken doesn’t payits staff bonuses or have salestargets either.

Mr Davys said: “Business forus is going very well.

“We have always concen-trated on doing business loc-ally with good quality custom-

ers through a long-term rela-t i o n s h i p.

“That model has neverchanged, regardless of whathas been happening in thewider economy.

“It has stood us in good steadbecause these are the kind ofprudent customers who havetended to weather the stormbetter than others.

“The area we’ll be coveringfrom West Bridgford providessome excellent opportunities

bank NatWest in the East Mid-l a n d s.

He will head a team whichalso includes Richard Altoft,who will be corporate manager,and Julie Corthorn, who willbe individual banking man-a g er.

The new office will serve cus-tomers across south Notting-hamshire, and Mr Davys sayshe thinks the bank will benefitfrom an improving economy.

“While we tend to deal withpeople who are better placed toweather the storm, these arepeople who also tend to investwhen they see recovery com-ing,” he said.

“These are often quite con-servative people in the ap-proach they take to finance.But so are we.

“We have done very well inNottingham and we believe wecan do the same again withanother front door in WestB r i d g fo rd . ”

Originally from Sweden,Handelsbanken now has morethan 750 branches in 24 coun-t r i e s.

It has, for the last two years,been judged one of the world’sten strongest banks by finan-cial information providerBloomberg.

Scandinavian style: Ian Davys, from Handelsbanken, which is coming to West Bridgford.

We have alwaysconcentrated on doingbusiness locally withgood quality customers

Ian Davys

‘‘

The Big IdeaSaffron Leong explains how a boutiqueturned into the fittings service Apalts,based in Flying Horse Walk

Clothing service fits bill

Around 70 per cent ofwomen in the UK arewearing the wrongsize bra

Amanda Mills

‘‘

A YOUNG Notts entrepreneurwho is the UK’S sole importerof a flood protection system hasbeen showcasing his product ata series of exhibitions.

Simon Crowther, 19, of MainStreet, Woodborough, com-bines selling water gate bar-riers with studying a civil en-gineering degree at the Uni-versity of Nottingham.

He recently set up stands atan emergency services show atthe NEC in Birmingham and atthe Southwell PloughingM at ch .

Simon said: “The producthad an incredible amount ofinterest and, as a result, wehave some demos coming upwith the Environment Agencyand fire services.”

Simon’s flood protection plan fits in bag

bra to women in their 80s. Itstocks a huge variety of sizes,including bras in a 28 back to a46 back and from an A cup to aK cup.

The store also sells specialmaternity and mastectomy un-derwear, including softer bras.

Evening appointments canbe made at the shop for anybridal groups, first-time mumsor women who have recentlyhad mastectomy operationsand are not able to go shoppingduring the day.

And as lingerie is often apopular gift idea for husbandsand partners, Jolie Lingeriekeeps private customer re-cords of sizes to make the buy-ing process easier.

Lingerie stylist Meg Foxall,22, of Premier Road, Beeston,who previously worked in theBeeston store and is now at thenew Flying Horse Walkboutique, said: “T here’s areally different feel from the

abled us to greatly expandour workshop.

How will the businessevolve in future?We are currently workingon a new project – we ’resampling a small collectionof smart casual wear formen, which will launch un-der the Apalts label. It con-sists of shirts, blazers, out-erwear, chinos, tees andjeans, and we’re hoping tostock it online too.

How many people work inthe business?A small team of 10.

Do you have plans to ex-pand?

Yes – we ’re looking tolaunch SkinnyMyJeans.com,an online service wherecustomers can send in theirjeans for altering. The jeanswill then be posted back.

for Handelsbanken. We havealways enjoyed a good flow ofbusiness from the South Not-tinghamshire area and we arecommitted to introducing ourunique local relationshipbanking approach to more andmore businesses and individu-als locally.”

Mr Davys joined Handels-banken in 2008 after a careerspent mostly with high street

By Richard BakerBusiness Correspondent

fantastic location and it fits ourbrands as they are quite highend.

“We ’ve had sales every daysince we’ve opened but we nowneed to concentrate on gettingcustomers through the door.We are having a launch nighton Tuesday.

“We offer a very personalservice and all of the staff aretrained bra fitters.

“Around 70 per cent of wo-men in the UK are wearing thewrong size bra so it’s very im-portant that our customers goaway feeling comfortable.

“You can take a couple ofpounds off by wearing the rightsize bra.”

The shop competes with de-partment stores by offering apersonal service, catering for awide range of customers, fromgirls shopping for their first

The barriers comprise a sys-tem of close-fitting tarpaulin inwhich water pours in, provid-ing a self-deploying and strong,stabilised water barrier.

T hey’re the equivalent ofaround 700 sandbags and canbe packed into a duffel bag anddeployed quickly – 152 metresin less than two minutes.

Waterwonder:SimonCrowtherwith one ofhisimportedflooddefencewaterbarriers.

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