Kickstart Fund puts Lindsay on road to success with Titans

SPORTS injury expert Lindsay Whitaker will be helping to keep Rotherham Titans’ rugby players in shape this season.

Lindsay (31), of Moorgate, Rotherham, has been appointed as the club’s sports rehabilitator just months after starting her own business with help from UK Steel Enterprise's Kickstart Fund.

Money from the fund helped Lindsay to buy stock and open a clinic at Thomas Rotherham College, where she provides a full sports injury prevention and treatment service that includes massage, acupuncture and kinesiology taping.

UK Steel Enterprise is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Steel. Its Kickstart Fund provides grants of up to £500 to help young entrepreneurs planning to start a new business to purchase essential equipment and or services that can get them trading. Its main investment fund provides business finance in amounts from £25,000 up to £750,000 to companies in South Yorkshire and other areas affected by changes in the steel industry.

Keith Williams, regional manager for UK Steel Enterprise, said: “Lindsay identified her target market and has worked hard to be recognised as an expert in her field. We have high hopes for her and wish her even more success in the future."

Lindsay said that the funding she received from the Kickstart Fund was really important to her in the early stages of her business:

"Without the Kickstart Fund I would not have been able to buy the essential stock I needed to be able to treat people. I needed specialist tapes etc that can really help speed up recovery.

“I'm now very busy treating people at my clinic and the forthcoming season with the Titans should be really exciting.

“If anyone is thinking of setting up their own business I'd say be prepared to get your head down and work hard, make sure you get the right support around you and if you do the rewards can be great."

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