Scunthorpe companies Harlequin Office Furniture and Sentex Hydraulix have shared more than £4,000 from the Government’s £2.5m UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
Harlequin, on the town’s Queensway Industrial Estate, received £2,520 towards a marketing project to win new customers, and Sentex, on Colin Road, was given £1,500 towards a project to create a marketing video.
Harlequin Director Gemma Teesdale said: “The whole process was straightforward and user friendly and as a result of the project we’ve grown our workforce.
“We received fantastic support which was always helpful and personal. We could not have asked for better.”
The cash also enabled a strategic review of the company’s financial systems to ensure they were able to meet new demand, that a new finance team was properly skilled and that detailed management information for budgeting and cash flow forecasting was available.
Sentex Business Development & E-Commerce Manager Karl Brown said: “We are a small SME, so receiving the UKSPF funding came as a huge benefit to our business and enabled us to move forward with the project.
“We were supported to confidently develop and grow the business by exploring new markets. We would like to say a big thank you to North Lincolnshire Council in helping our business to grow and develop. Without their assistance this would not have been possible.”
Cllr Rob Waltham, leader, North Lincolnshire Council, said: “It’s great to hear such positive outcomes from local businesses and organisations that have received a share of this Government cash.”
