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Gateshead waste company to improve North East service with micro loan

Budget Waste, a waste management business, has secured a £13k loan investment from the Finance for Business North East Microloan Fund, a regional loan scheme managed by Rivers Capital Partners that provides small businesses with microloans.

Based in Gateshead, the firm provides a skip hire, house clearance and waste removal service to customers in the North East.

The business operates from its own fully functioning waste transfer station set up with approval from the Environment Agency and local council, which means they can legally dispose of both household and industrial waste.

This provides them with a varied consumer base in the region. Budget Waste is environmentally conscious, with over 90% of the waste collected from customers being recycled.

Shaun Baldwin, Director at Budget Waste, began trading in 2013 as a skip hire broker with minimal experience in the waste industry. He saw a gap in the market for waste services and used his experience in online marketing, and background in design to build a small website where he took a small commission for referring customers from his website to already established skip hire companies.

Shaun has used his experience in online marketing to maximise his company’s unique selling point, ensuring that the business has a high online presence, and ensuring that the company takes full advantage of technology such as card payment machines and online invoicing.

Nikita Bazko, Fund Manager at Rivers Capital Partners, commented on Shaun’s aspirations for the business: “Shaun has imagined a bigger future for his business. He would like to employ local people, look after them and integrate his company harmoniously into the community and environment.”

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