{"id":52927,"date":"2020-05-12T16:29:24","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T16:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newangliagrowthhub.co.uk\/?p=52927"},"modified":"2021-02-19T21:25:10","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T21:25:10","slug":"gainsborough-silk-weaving-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/gainsborough-silk-weaving-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Gainsborough Silk Weaving Company"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u00a326,000 grant funding from the Growing Business Fund for new looms and six jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About Gainsborough Silk Weaving Company<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Gainsborough Silk Weaving Company has boosted its productivity by 40% as a result of a grant which has helped to purchase a modern loom to help the company develop new fabric ranges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 1903, Gainsborough Silk Weaving Company has created exquisite furnishing fabrics; designed, dyed, warped and woven with care.&nbsp; &nbsp; Sudbury in Suffolk has been a centre of silk weaving since the arrival of French Protestant Huguenot weavers in the 19th&nbsp;Century. Gainsborough holds a Royal Warrant of Appointment and has supplied silk for the interior of Meghan and Harry\u2019s wedding carriage and for palaces, art galleries and homes throughout the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the production of inexpensive, high quality polyesters to rival the look and feel of silk, has provided new competition for the company.&nbsp; Managing Director, Emerson Roberts saw an opportunity to diversify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Vision<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Emerson\u2019s vision was to launch a number of new, inexpensive collections, which can be produced in higher volumes on a modern loom.&nbsp; However, the cost of a second-hand loom, a Jacquard Harness to shape the design, upgrading the dye house and delivery and installation came to more than \u00a3160,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, he contacted the New Anglia Growth Hub.&nbsp; Working with Business Advisor Richard Glinn, the company undertook a rigorous process of evaluation and were given the green light to apply for a grant to support the development costs involved.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Growth Hub provided fantastic support to our business.\u201d said Emerson.&nbsp; \u201cIt helped us secure a good proportion of the financing needed to take this business into the new markets we want to exploit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They were awarded a grant of \u00a332,000 towards the costs.&nbsp; This enabled Gainsborough to purchase the loom and has helped to create six additional roles, with a 40% increase in productivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Get in touch to find out how the New Anglia Growth Hub could help you.&nbsp; Call 0300 333 6536 or email&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newangliagrowthhub.co.uk\/gainsborough-silk-weaving-company\/_wp_link_placeholder\">growthhub@newanglia.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Support Received: \u00a326,00 for new loom, plus six new jobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54866,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-case-studies","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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