BUSINESS REPORT


BUSINESS REPORT


A Wellingborough businesswoman wants to double the size of her operation as demand for her personalised gifts company is booming. Jane Gokgoz is the owner of Personalised


Gifts Shop, an online retailer that can personalise almost anything. She started the company with £5.50 at her kitchen table in 2011 and now runs it with 30+ staff from a 10,000sq ft warehouse, and has sold over £4m of products. “We sell anything – bestsellers have included hammers and underwear,” says Jane (pictured). “If it has a surface and can have a message printed on it, then we’ll sell it. As long as the message isn’t intended to offend.” Jane’s success accelerated when she started


making her own products. Personalised Gifts Shop has its own in-house designers and over 30 hi-tech machines are used at the warehouse,


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BUSINESS EXPANSION PLAN IS A GIFT


with all staff trained on all machinery to vary the workloads. Demand is growing so quickly that Jane plans to purchase further machinery and this, coupled with the need for more production area and storage space, is driving the expansion. The team produces and dispatches within 24


hours, except at busy times like Christmas – although Jane is finding that all year round is now ‘peak time’. Jane even has plans to expand in other


avenues as well as online retailing in the near future. “We’re used by so many people all over the UK – but we want to become more of a household name,” concludes Jane. “By increasing our operation we can deliver


even more unique gifts to even more people.” Visit: www.personalisedgiftsshop.co.uk


ROGER FLIES HIGH WITH SLOANE


CHAMBER PREPARES


FOR AWARDS NIGHT The best firms in the county will come together in September to find out who has been successful at the inaugural Northamptonshire Business Awards. A glittering awards ceremony and dinner


will bring together some of the biggest business names in Northamptonshire with the finalists in the nine award categories. The audience will also discover who will


be crowned the overall Business of the Year winner and receive a £10,000 cash prize. Northamptonshire Chamber of


Commerce chief executive Paul Griffiths said: “The response to these inaugural awards has been phenomenal. “We were inundated with fantastic


Roger Taylor of Sloane


Helicopters


Sloane Helicopters is delighted to announce that Roger Taylor has joined the company as head of engineering. Roger brings with him a wealth of rotary wing


experience spanning over 40 years and has a broad depth of knowledge on Leonardo products. His most recent position was engineering manager for Dubai Airwing/Helidubai. After working in Trinidad, Nigeria and Dubai, Roger is returning to England to embark on his next journey with Sloane Helicopters. Roger’s introduction to the team marks a long-


term investment for the company in support of its continued expansion and future plans.


Sloane is employing more engineers to offer


further resilience for maintenance customers and to provide additional support for its seven-day- a-week maintenance operation. Sloane Helicopters is the UK’s leading supplier


of helicopter sales and services with the emphasis on quality, safety and customer care. Sloane is the sole UK and Ireland Leonardo distributor and the UK’s longest-established Robinson dealer. Sloane Helicopters provides wide-ranging


helicopter services, including full aircraft management, maintenance and training from its headquarters at Sywell Aerodrome and bases in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland and RAF Northolt.


entries from businesses of all sizes and all sectors from across the county. “The awards ceremony will be a brilliant opportunity for Northamptonshire businesses to come together and celebrate their achievements with one another and the wider community.” The black tie affair will be hosted by BBC


Radio Northampton’s John Griff and will take place from 6pm on Thursday 13 September at Park Inn Northampton in Silver Street, Northampton. The headline sponsor of the event is Wilson Browne Solicitors.


For more information about the awards visit www.northants- chamber.co.uk/awards


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