{"id":15993,"date":"2024-09-05T08:02:55","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T07:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/south-west\/?p=15993"},"modified":"2024-09-05T08:02:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T07:02:56","slug":"funder-backs-music-school-to-make-more-noise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/south-west\/news\/15993-funder-backs-music-school-to-make-more-noise","title":{"rendered":"Funder backs music school to make more noise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Music school entrepreneur Hollie-Anne Bangham has secured a \u00a325,000 start-up loan to expand her music school and coffee shop.<\/p>\n<p>The Note Warehouse in Yatton provides one-to-one lessons with various musical instruments, alongside vocal training and music theory lessons, with a coffee shop.<\/p>\n<p>The Start Up Loan via SWIG Finance is to help fit out additional space to cater for its waiting list of students.<\/p>\n<p>The business currently employs four members of staff, alongside 15 self-employed music teachers, and is looking to grow the headcount as the business expands.<\/p>\n<p>Bangham, who used to be a full-time musician touring with opera companies, said \u201cIt\u2019s not easy to start and run a small business, but it&#8217;s going well. 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