Testimonials & Case Studies

Bingham Enterprises Limited

“I can see clearly now......with the help of The ICE Partnership and MAS!”

Cooltherm Installation refinances for growth

Barclays Business, the small business arm of the global financial services provider today announced backing for Leeds based customer Cooltherm Installation Services Ltd.

H R Media Ltd Case Study

HR Media Ltd. is one of Yorkshire’s top PR companies but it relies on Investors in People to guide its growth....

J E Hartley Ltd Case Study

Like many companies following the banking crisis and subsequent recession, driving out cost and improving performance for Hartley’s is crucial if longer-term profitability is to be sustained.

Redshield Engineering Ltd Case Study

As a growing business, we knew what we should be doing but lacked the time and focus to plan strategically for the future.....

Chapmans Ltd Case Study

We recognised the need to evolve quickly....

Fernite of Sheffield Ltd Case Study

At the start of the recession the company suffered a severe loss of business....

NTR LTD Case Study

Like many other companies, we faced a couple of challenging years as the recession kicked in, but ICE assisted us in securing £50,000 of funding which allowed us to access and make significant progress in overseas markets.

Chem-Resist Case study

The fact that we have achieved a turnover of £3.4m in 2009/2010 - a significant, above target increase on the previous year - has enabled us to progress towards our projected three year turnover target somewhat earlier than planned...

Cyclone Mobility Ltd. Case study

Dave Hawkins, Managing Director of Cyclone in Ottringham near Hull is a man who places much emphasis on deeds rather than words – and he's also something of a sceptic when it comes to anything involving the public sector.

So, back in 2008 when a circular from a Yorkshire Development Agency landed on his desk offering business advice and the possibility of cash grants, Dave was quick to initially dismiss the invitation…

Arkote Ltd Case study - New thinking for new factory improves performance.

Eight months ago we began the process of building a new factory to cope with expansion and it seemed like an appropriate time to stand back and have a look at our systems and see if we could do things better…

BSC Filters Ltd testimonial - Hands-on practicality increased profitability.

Our company specialises in the design and production of components for microwave comms and radar amongst other applications...

PT Technologies Ltd testimonial - From £300k to £3m by learning “the language”.

As an expanding SME within the solvents market we needed to know how to talk to the big companies in the aerospace market...

Unicam Ltd testimonial - Production thinking, rather than one-off thinking, benefits Unicam

Although Unicam has been a leader in entertainment systems - in car particularly - for many years, we are a relatively small company, without ‘experts’ in every discipline...