We get you on the runway. You take off.
Runway 30 gives young people a real business to run, without the risk of setting up alone. We carry the company while you learn to trade, then hand it over when it’s ready to fly.
Runway 30 points to a heading of 300°. Ours points to a company of your own.
Starting out shouldn’t mean risking everything on day one.
To trade properly you need a company, a bank account, insurance, accounts and someone willing to carry the risk. That’s a lot to ask of someone just starting out.
Runway 30 is that company. Your business trades as one of our trading names, with our structure and support behind it, so your energy goes into products and customers rather than paperwork.
From idea to your own company
Every business on the runway follows the same path. How long each stage takes is up to the business, not the calendar.
Line up
Bring an idea and the drive to make it work. We agree a plan together and set your business up as a Runway 30 trading name.
Build speed
Together we run the business day to day: products, suppliers, customers and sales. We hold the legal and financial risk, keep the books and help where you need it.
Take off
When the business can stand on its own, we split it out of Runway 30 and incorporate it as your own company, with you in the pilot’s seat.
On the runway now
Four businesses are trading under Runway 30 today, each run by the people who started it.
Clothing
NordSol
A clothing brand inspired by northern light, mountains and the outdoors.
Cakes and biscuits
Vanillessa
Cakes and biscuits baked in small batches, for treats, gifts and celebrations.
Online shop coming soon.
3D printing
Printer Forge
Design. Print. Create. 3D prints made to order, with plans to grow into new areas as the business finds its feet.
Website coming soon.
Natural home goods
Naturalshop
Hand-stitched lavender bags, cold-process soaps and small-batch candles from independent British makers.
Online shop coming soon.
Got an idea that needs a runway?
If you’re young, driven and ready to start something, Runway 30 could be your way in.