We helped joinery company JCM to secure £21k through the Aim for GOLD programme. It used the funding to buy extractor systems and booths for its new premises in Sandwell.
About JCM Joinery
JCM Joinery designs and constructs bespoke joinery products. It specialises in washrooms for offices, shops, hotels, schools, leisure centres, warehouses and factories.
The family firm is now under the leadership of its second-generation owner. However, the company still prides itself on the quality of its timber products that are designed and made by its experienced skilled master craftsmen.
JCM Joinery typically works with commercial building contractors, retail shopfitters, bespoke furniture manufacturers, and commercial and residential property developers.
Established in the 1990s, the company relocated to Sandwell in 2022 with the support of Sandwell Council’s Business Growth Team.
Funding access support from Sandwell Council
JCM reached out to the Business Growth Team in advance of its move. With our help the company secured £21k through the Aim for GOLD programme. It used the funding to purchase extractor systems and booths.
Nat Macauley from JCM Joinery said: “We moved our established business to Sandwell in late 2022. We reached out to the Business Growth Team in advance and we were absolutely delighted with the support we received. Our council contact was well networked within the council organisation and was able to connect, advise and genuinely resolve issues that arose with our relocation.
“We are so grateful to the Sandwell Business Growth team, who are VERY business and commercially focused. Their actions demonstrate their commitment to helping and supporting business in Sandwell.”
JCM’s Business Growth Team mentor [Name] said: “We are pleased to have supported JCM to gain access to the funding that enabled it to purchase new equipment. It’s fantastic to have the business in Sandwell and to watch it going from strength to strength.”
About AIM for GOLD
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The Black Country region needs to provide sufficient support for businesses, including skills development and capital investment. This will increase the productivity of existing firms and enable them to innovate and grow, and to encourage more businesses to start up and scale up within the area.
49 businesses in Sandwell received at least £1000 in funding. Over £792,000 was awarded in all. This has led to the creation of 37 new jobs and helped Sandwell companies leverage over £1.7m in private sector finance.
Sandwell Council’s Business Growth Team is delighted to have exceeded all targets for delivering the Aim for GOLD scheme.
Sandwell Council was the only West Midlands local authority to meet all its targets. These included the number of companies supported, the amount of grant funding issued and the number of new jobs generated.
Together with regional partners Wolverhampton, Walsall and Dudley councils, the Aim for GOLD scheme supported a total of 292 companies. It awarded over £3.2m of grant funding.
Every member of our Business Growth Team – Gareth, Helen, Nicy and Darshana – worked hard to achieve (and exceed) all their targets and make a difference to our local economy. JCM Joinery is an example of just one business we supported in Sandwell.