West Bridgford duo expand into new office

Two West Bridgford-based entrepreneurs have moved into a brand new office after enjoying a successful first year in business.

Claire Dunn and Sarah King co-founded Work.by Design with the aim of helping 6,000 female founders start and grow their own businesses by 2025.

Having helped hundreds of women across the UK over the past year, the pair felt the time was right to scale up by taking their own office space at Bridgford Business Centre.

King said: “It has been a busy first year for us here at Work.by Design. We have designed, built and tested a unique package of e-learning programmes, created an active online community space, released two publications and hosted a week-long Business Bootcamp for 150 women.

“We now have ambitious plans to step up our proposition even further. We want to support even more women as they figure out if entrepreneurship is for them, as they make the leap from their corporate or professional careers and begin to start and grow their businesses.”

Dunn and King both left senior roles in the corporate world to set up and run their own successful businesses before creating Work.by Design.

Dunn added: “This is an exciting time for us. The new office is helping us go from start up to scale up, as it enables us to be more focussed and productive.

“We have ambitious plans for growth over the coming months which are based on our own findings and research into the way women view their own entrepreneurial journey and what they really need to support them to achieve success.”