A De Montfort University criminology graduate has secured a £4,800 start-up loan from First Enterprise – Enterprise Loans to turn her passion for organic skincare into a successful business.
Stella Verdoes had been making organic lip balms and selling them to friends at university but wanted to turn her hobby into a business. After researching business finance, she applied for a start-up loan to help set up Symra – an organic skincare brand seeking to add value to peoples’ lives by offering a healthy alternative to crude oil-based lip balms whilst also providing an income to Ghanaian women who produce the shea butter that goes into their products.
