Jewelly firm is gem in Chester’s Honeycomb

NATIONAL jewellery brand ChloBo has opened a new company headquarters in Chester.

The growing Cheshire jewellery label has relocated to a combined office and production department at Honeycomb Chester on the Chester Business Park.

Having outgrown its previous premises in the city centre, ChloBo had been on the lookout for bigger premises that reflected the company’s growing image as one of the UK’s rising contemporary fashion jewellery brands.

The recently opened Honeycomb Chester is a business community featuring turnkey accommodation for up to 15 SMEs. Nearly two thirds of its space has now been let.

ChloBo creative director Chloe Moss said that the new headquarters could accommodate double the current workforce of 25 employees under her ambitious expansion plans.

She said: “ChloBo is growing week-by-week, distributing to more than 100 retailers in the UK each month. We needed premises that fit our brand and image, and has capacity for expansion.

“We had outgrown the building in the city centre. We were spread across different floors, which made communication difficult, and parking was regularly a problem.

The new 4,500sq ft headquarters includes a production department, a replica store area for training displaying the current season’s jewellery, and a glamorous reception area for entertaining clients, customers and guests.

Business space at Honeycomb Chester, which is available to let through agents BA Commercial and Legat Owen, was extensively renovated in September 2014 by Jersey-based entrepreneur Spencer Bourne.

Fraser Crewe, director at BA Commercial, said: “The market is extremely buoyant at the moment, and Honeycomb Chester really is the only location for office space of this quality in the area.”