NoChintz trebles sales on back of new client wins
INTERIOR design agency NoChintz trebled turnover to £1.1m in 2011, compared with sales of £350,000 in 2009.
The Manchester-based company, which was set up three years ago by directors Dominic Beardwell, Lucy Goddard and Natalie Gray, said that the increased sales were a result of a series of new client wins for firms such as JD Sports, Canterbury of New Zealand, 3M and Miller Homes.
“2010 was an incredible year for NoChintz; it exceeded our expectations in many ways,” said Beardwell. “Trebling our turnover because of our new clients, and repeat work from many of our existing clients, has also enabled us to recruit four new members to the team.”
The company has designed three new stores for a JD Sports brand – the first of which opened in Hull just before Christmas. ITs relationship with the retailer began last year after it designed a stand for JD-owned rugby brand Canterbury of New Zealand at a trade show in Berlin.
The firm is also continuing to pick up work in the property sector, adding Miller Homes to a list of developer clients that also includes Urban Splash and Argent.
Goddard has also been working on an agency set up to promote and market furniture by North West designers.
The company currently employs 14 people, but Beardwell expects to take on more as he anticiaptes that the firm will double turnover within the next 12 months.
“NoChintz is growing and beginning to move into new areas beyond our original interior design proposition. We are marketing and managing freelance office space Studio 17 at 12 Hilton Street, and we’ve formed a working partnership with Rejuvenate to work with other businesses to help them build their brands,” he said.
