Mark Coxhead, Nick Smith and Karl Jacobie have founded The Protein Works to offer sports enthusiasts a high quality, but cost-effective sports supplements and nutrition service.
The company, which operates from 11,000 sq ft premises at Manor Park, near Runcorn (UK), will manufacture its own products in-house, selling them through its e-commerce website to customers throughout the UK and Europe. The business has created eight jobs with plans to increase this to at least 20 by the end of the year.
Mark, Nick and Karl were previously directors at Myprotein.com and helped the Manchester online sports nutrition brand become expand Europe.
Yorkshire Bank’s Manchester-based Business and Private Banking Centre is providing a full banking relationship to The Protein Works, offering facilities such as working capital funding to support the launch and growth of the business.
Mark Coxhead, a director of The Protein Works, said: “The sports nutrition market has exploded in recent years and continues to grow. There has always been a premium-end and a value-end of the market, but The Protein Works aims to offer premium-end products at incredibly low prices, direct online. We call it ‘premium value’.
“We feel that customers are getting a raw deal right now with big price increases from raw material inflation and the VAT imposition. Also, the level of customer service leaves a lot to be desired. We are the only provider in the industry right now offering real value for money and innovation.”
Source: The Protein Works
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