A North Tyneside healthcare training provider is set to scale up after securing a five-figure investment from the North East Small Loan Fund.
Breeze Academy offers CPD (Continuing Professional Development) training for healthcare professionals in disciplines including acupuncture and dry needling, sports massage, strength and conditioning and yoga teacher training, as well as coaching professionals looking to create their own online courses. Headquartered in North Tyneside, it offers a hybrid training model which combines online learning through the its website with face-to-face sessions, and currently has a six-strong team of trainers working with clients across the UK and overseas.
The £60,000 Small Loan Fund investment, which was obtained through regional fund management firm NEL Fund Managers, will help the business scale up its operations by taking on more trainers with additional specialisms and boost its business development campaigns. The business will target markets including North America, continental Europe and the Middle East, and it is aiming to double its turnover over the coming year.
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Breeze Academy founder Dr Carl Clarkson began providing training services in 2009, alongside his everyday physiotherapy work, before taking the business on full-time in 2021. He said: “We’ve seen interest in the types of training that we provide growing substantially over the last decade, especially as acupuncture has become the preferred method of pain management with more and more healthcare professionals.
“The knowledge we share helps them learn new skills, which in turn benefits the health and well-being of the general population, and we’ve built a solid reputation for both the quality of our content and the way in which our team of expert tutors deliver it.
“We are now ready to take the business to the next level, now there are training needs in other areas of healthcare we can look to address and are especially keen to keep building what we offer to professionals interested in strength and conditioning training and sports massage.
“Expanding our team of tutors will also give me more time to focus on the strategic development of the business and we’re confident that we can double our turnover this year as a first step towards our eventual goals.
Susan Snowdon, investment executive at NEL Fund Managers, added: “Breeze Academy has succeeded by meeting an acknowledged, growing need within the healthcare sector and is now well set to meet its scale-up ambitions over the coming years.”
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