Throughout my studies, I always knew I wanted to set up my own business.
I've always been into fitness. I've been a personal trainer for over 10 years now
and I love fashion so I felt it was the perfect opportunity
to combine my love of the both of them,
and prior to setting up the business, I was an ambassador for another renowned activewear brand
and I felt it was the right time to start my own brand.
My business is Dot Dash Activewear, and we are an activewear / athleisure brand.
We are stocked in Champneys Spas amongst eight other stockists across Oxford and London.
I'm a fourth-year student and I'm in the process
of starting my own business in health and beauty.
The Enterprise Support helped me a lot.
They help you develop your idea from just an idea to an established business.
It was the main idea of starting the business through the Thrive Festival.
We had a lot of workshops, mentoring and pairing with entrepreneurs
who are in the industry and have years of experience.
I won the FUEL Award last year.
It enabled me to venture into kids' activewear as well.
I also got mentoring throughout, over the year,
and I'm still having that mentoring now, which has been helping me with marketing –
helped me to gain more sales and exposure.
To hear other people believe in your product and get behind you so much
has been really, really good for me and my confidence for the business.
