Funding has been provided to two Swansea businesses to help them grow. 

Swansea Council has awarded a website development grant to The Cusp and a pre-start business grant to DUA Cleaning Services.

The grants are both funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

The Cusp, co-founded by marketing duo Louise Rengozzi and Jess Hickman and based in the Uplands part of the city, is a marketing agency specialising in digital and out-of-home media and advertising campaigns for the public and private sectors.

The council grant helped the business build a website, which now includes a Marketing Heroes Wales webinar series to champion the Welsh marketing landscape. The series features conversations with marketing leaders from Welsh brands, including AU Vodka, Dr. Organic Group, and The Royal Mint. 

During his role as a lettings administrator at StudentDigz in Swansea, Matthew Warren, who runs DUA Cleaning Services, identified a gap in the market for end-of-tenancy cleans.He estimates that he will have cleaned many properties by the end of September since June. 

The pre-start business grant helped Warren buy cleaning equipment, car graphics and other marketing materials including a logo design.

Cllr Robert Francis-Davies, Swansea Council’s cabinet member for investment, regeneration and tourism, said: “Swansea’s businesses are so important to our city’s economy and there are so many people out there with great business ideas.

“That’s why it’s vital that the council is there for businesses of all ages and sizes and are able to offer support to Swansea’s entrepreneurial talent.

“Business support is a key theme of the Shared Prosperity Fund here in Swansea, with the pre-start and website development grants among a number that Swansea businesses can apply for.”