My businesses
My Businesses
Supplies For Candles
Supplies For Candles is an online retailer of all the ingredients you need to make home fragrance products. This includes a huge range of candles waxes, including paraffin wax and soy wax, candle fragrances, candle wicks, candle making kits, candle dyes, essential oils, candle glasses and jars, reed diffuser supplies and many more! We are fast becoming the leading provider in the UK and EU for candle making supplies, for both retail and business customers alike. We only supply the highest quality products for our candle making supplies, and we give you the most competitive wholesale prices. Supplies For Candles started in February 2016 when I spotted an opportunity to bring high-quality candle supplies to the UK market including designer inspired fragrances.
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The Soap Kitchen
The Soap Kitchen is an online retailer for all the ingredients you need to make cosmetic products stocking an unrivalled selection of products for soap making, toiletry and cosmetic making. If you’re a crafter or if you have a business The Soap Kitchen can supply all you need for making soaps, bath bombs, creams, scrubs and so much more. From oils to butters, colours to packaging we have it all!
- Focus
We will prioritize our efforts, focusing on our vision
We will create plans with milestones, implement, check our progress, improve, and adjust as needed
We will encourage and provide resources to accelerate pace towards achieving our vision.
- Leadership
Leaders understand the value and importance of being of service to others.
We will take responsibility and expect others to also take responsibility to encourage and develop a culture of feedback and recognition.
We will challenge appropriately both ourselves and others in the business and encourage others to do likewise.
- Change
We will build teams to meet new challenges and facilitate change.
We will provide support to encourage others to take appropriate risk to achieve growth and change and not be afraid to fail.
- Relationships
We will have emotional awareness of ourselves and others to use this in a positive manner.
We will provide timely and appropriate feedback to individuals and teams and expect others to do the same.
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Glassprint
Glassprint Ltd was established in 2002 printing on glass products such as; candle glasses, perfume bottles and beer bottles for customers such as Ted Baker and the White Company! They currently have a turnover of £1million per year and over 10 staff members.
This £2.5m deal will allow my original business Supplies For Candles to expand into a well-established glass printing business, providing our customer base with even more choice and personalisation when it comes to their candle and home fragrance collections.
With the acquisition of this new business also comes much needed space, with an additional 20,000 square foot warehouse. The new warehouse means that we can now provide a whole host of new products. In fact, we have over 250 new products on their way over the next few months!
This strategic acquisition will cement Supplies for Candles as the leading candle making supplies company in Europe allowing us to have the largest range of containers, candle holders and much more!
This exciting new opportunity will also provide even more job opportunities for those in the Mexborough area, expanding my team is just as important to me as expanding our premises and product range!
Watch this space!
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Bottle Decoration Solutions
Bottle Decoration Solutions is a UK based specialist in bottle decoration and packaging finishing, helping brands create premium packaging across glass bottles, plastic bottles, cans and containers. Their services include bottle printing, spray coating, foiling, sleeving, badging, decals and transfers, laser engraving, contract packing, product recovery and new product development.
I acquired Bottle Decoration Solutions as a strategic step to strengthen our packaging and decoration offering across the group. With Glassprint already supporting customers with printed glassware, Bottle Decoration Solutions allows us to expand even further into premium bottle decoration, packaging finishing and brand presentation.
This acquisition gives our customers more choice when it comes to creating products that stand out. Whether it is a candle brand, home fragrance business, cosmetic company, food and drink brand or premium spirit product, Bottle Decoration Solutions gives us the ability to support customers with professional decoration methods that improve shelf impact and brand consistency.
The business is a natural fit alongside Supplies For Candles, The Soap Kitchen and Glassprint. As more of our customers grow their own brands, packaging and presentation become even more important. Bottle Decoration Solutions allows us to provide more complete support, from the ingredients and containers through to the final decorated product.
This is another exciting step in the journey and supports my long term vision of building businesses that help other businesses grow.
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Scented Supplies
Scented Supplies is our expansion into the US market, created to bring high quality fragrance and wax products to makers, creators and home fragrance businesses across America. After building Supplies For Candles into one of the leading candle making suppliers in the UK and Europe, launching Scented Supplies is the next step in taking that knowledge, experience and product range into a new market.
The US has a huge home fragrance industry, with so many customers making candles, wax melts, diffusers and scented products for both personal use and growing businesses. Scented Supplies gives us the opportunity to support those customers with reliable products, strong service and the same customer focused approach that has helped us grow in the UK.
Scented Supplies will focus on fragrance and wax products, importing goods in bulk and repacking them into smaller retail units to make them more accessible for customers. This gives us a strong platform to support both hobby makers and business customers who need quality supplies, clear product information and dependable service.
This expansion is a huge milestone for the group. From starting Supplies For Candles in a garage in South Yorkshire to now expanding into the US, it shows how far the business has come and how much opportunity there still is in the home fragrance industry.
Scented Supplies is more than just a new business. It is the next chapter in our growth, helping us reach new customers, support more makers and continue building a group of brands that create real value for people starting and scaling their own businesses.
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