Jobs created at growing e-commerce firm

A Derby e-commerce company is expanding, after landing cash from the Derby Enterprise Growth Fund (DEGF).

A grant for £80,000 has enabled EWS Digital to invest in new premises on Brunel Parkway, Pride Park, Derby, creating 11 new jobs.

Founder and operations director David Hall started the company in 2008, with revenue doubling year-on-year ever since.

Derby City Council says the funding focuses on stimulating innovation, expansion and investment in enterprises with the key objective of creating jobs. It is managed by the Council’s Economic Regeneration team which distributes the funding in the form of grants and loans.

Councillor Martin Rawson, deputy leader of Derby City Council and Cabinet Member for Communities and City Centre Regeneration, said: “The Derby Enterprise Growth Fund made available to EWS Digital is a great example of how businesses with potential can be supported to achieve sustainable growth. The labour-led administration of the Council has used the fund to stimulate employment opportunities for local people.”

David Hall, founder and operations director at EWS Digital, said: It quickly became important to move to an accessible, highly visible location from where we can attract the staff with the skills we need to sustain growth.

“The move to Pride Park did this and put us right at the heart of the business community who are in need of our skills. The Derby Enterprise Growth Fund has enabled us to take advantage of the opportunities we had, at just the right time.”