- Hi, my name is Gillian Radich.
I'm the business owner now of Ruby and French,
which is a business retailing gifts,
homewares, and antiques.
I saw an article in the newspaper
advertising Whanganui & Partners,
and the fact that they would help start up businesses.
So I made an appointment and went along to see them
to discuss what I needed to do.
I had a one-on-one meeting at Whanganui & Partners
to discuss my business idea.
It was very helpful, because I actually,
went away thinking, well there's actually quite a lot of
steps to this, and I need to do it properly
if it's going to be a successful business,
I need to do it the right way.
When I went along to the meeting, actually,
the timing was perfect,
because they were actually just planning
a popup business school for 10 days.
I was encouraged to go back along to that,
and I was really pleased, so I enrolled
pretty much straight away.
It was a fantastic way of connecting
with other like-minded people.
There was a lot of help from established businesses.
I came away with, I think, a lot of new skills.
I think most importantly, for me anyway, was the fact
that I had lots of connections in the business community,
so I had to go away and look at the steps
that I needed to take in order to get the business
up and running, and I had to go back to
Whanganui & Partners to run through a business forecast
and do some more business planning.
I think working through it one step at a time
made it a lot easier.
As far as finding the suitable premise for my business,
I knew what I wanted.
We started looking around in Whanganui.
Some of the places were either too big or too expensive,
or else too far out of the location
where there's plenty of foot traffic.
Well I kept on coming back to this particular one,
and so in the end we decided to apply
for this particular premise.
I decided to go back to Whanganui & Partners
because I felt as though I needed some more help
with negotiating the lease terms.
So they were very helpful with hosting the meeting
between myself and the real estate agent,
and we ended up closing with a really good deal.
Within the first few days of opening,
we've had such a busy time that I have almost run out
of some of the products, and had to reorder several times.
I think what I've been really gratified with
is the positive response from the public,
and the people who've come into the shop,
and I've actually really enjoyed that.
It pleases me that I seem to be offering something
that people in Whanganui can enjoy.
Well, to anybody else out there
who does have a business opportunity
that they are considering, I would suggest
that you go along to Whanganui & Partners
and get their help and advice in getting yourself started.
If you love French things, please call in to
57A Victoria Avenue to Ruby and French.
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