South Lanarkshire Council is supporting a preferred new enterprise in Hamilton.
The Hold On Climbing Centre is turning into successful vacation spot for guests after changing an empty unit in a buying centre into one of many nation’s largest climbing gyms.
The venue focuses on bouldering, climbing with out ropes and has an enormous vary of climbing partitions to encourage learners and problem consultants.
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Hold On contacted the council’s Financial Improvement Crew early within the improvement of the enterprise and acquired recommendation and steerage and a South Lanarkshire Enterprise Assist Grant of £8000 in direction of the acquisition of specialist tools for the climbing centre.
The crew additionally helped with referrals to different council departments together with planning and constructing management and to Enterprise Gateway Lanarkshire for additional knowledgeable recommendation.
Getting the family-run enterprise off the bottom has been arduous, with the pressures of the pandemic including to the problem.
Doug Meyerhoff says the council help has helped his enterprise develop and develop.
He stated: “It has been a troublesome few years for everybody. For us being on this enterprise collectively as a household helped us hold going although the pandemic, however I gained’t deny that help measures for enterprise together with grants from the council have been a giant assist too.
“As we as a group begin to actually give attention to restoration, I'm assured that Hold On delivers one thing distinctive sufficient to usher in the enterprise we'd like but in addition to ship a wider profit by growing footfall for surrounding city centre companies.”
Matt Meyerhoff stated: “You would say indoor climbing actually got here of age when it was included as an Olympic Sport for Tokyo 2020 now we're aiming for the highest because the pandemic restoration continues.
“As a household enterprise we're actually eager to be seen as a part of the group. We're a dwelling wage employer and need to develop concepts comparable to autism pleasant periods to extend entry to the game of indoor climbing as a leisure exercise, health regime or as a aggressive sport.”
The council’s head of planning and financial improvement, Pauline Elliot, stated: “Hold On brings a brand new vacation spot attraction to the guts of a conventional city centre and along with being an excellent asset for Hamilton and South Lanarkshire maybe additionally provides a brand new factor to the dialogue about how the nicely documented difficulties going through excessive streets throughout the nation might be met.
“Hold On is already attracting curiosity from throughout Scotland and with their first anniversary climbing competitors they're aiming to convey guests from additional afield, however at its core as a enterprise it affords native folks quick access to an thrilling and wholesome exercise that's quickly rising in recognition.”
SLC's financial improvement service affords help and recommendation to companies to assist with start-ups, improvement and development.
South Lanarkshire Enterprise Assist Grant is the title for the South Lanarkshire factor of Enterprise Competitiveness Grant Assist Lanarkshire which is a component funded by the European Regional Improvement Fund and delivered and half funded by North and South Lanarkshire Councils.
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