Case Studies

Here you can find out what the issues are for real businesses. From the manufacturer of £600 Powerbykes to Tyrrell's upmarket crisps to Norwich City Football Club, they all have individual challenges to overcome if they are to grow and prosper.

Case studies are really useful ways of finding things out about businesses without having to go through the learning curve yourself. Learn from their experiences ... and use this knowledge to help develop your ideas further.

Our sincere thanks go to David Sumner Smith and his team at Wordzone for supplying us with these.

• With demand for designer snacks booming, upmarket crisp maker Tyrrells has to decided how best to grow. Click here to find out more.

• To continue its growth, UKRD’s stable of radio stations need to appear local, but act national. Click here to find out more.

• It’s not only the weather that stops the British buying Nick Child’s electric bikes. Now he’s banking on the overseas market delivering business growth. Click here to find out more.

• Cobra Beer has grown rapidly by focusing on sales to Indian restaurants, but lacks a clear picture for future business development. Click here to find out more.

• Following the demise of a lucrative television deal, Norwich City Football Club is looking at developing off-the-pitch business to ensure financial stability. Click here to find out more.

• • We’ll all soon be using Dione’s chip and pin machines but it needs to secure success by expanding globally and finding sustainable long term revenues. Click here to find out more.

  • • After becoming leader in its own niche, Dolphin, which makes software to help the sight impaired to use computers, wants to reach a bigger market. Click here to find out more.