Aircooled Engines – a roaring success in our Ward Street industrial unit!

Many people dream of turning their passion into their business. One Ceteris tenant, Paul Roberts, owner of Aircooled Engines, has been lucky enough to do just that. Aircooled Engines builds, modifies, upgrades and reconditions Volkswagen air cooled engines. Many of the engines are found in classic VW vehicles including campervans, Beetles, Karman Ghias, Variants and even Trikes. They’ve even repaired …

More than just a landlord – Ceteris supports innovation and growth

Today Lateral Dx is a successful SME who have a growing reputation internationally for high quality and customer focused Lateral Flow test development. But how did they get there and what part did Ceteris play in their success? All great businesses start in the garage The business started in 2017 with Richard Campbell, operating as a sole trader from a …

Alloa Business Centre the new High Street?

A café, beauticians, masseuses, nail technicians, barber, financial advisers, accountants, mortgage adviser and aesthetic skin clinic . . . must mean you are in the high street? Nope, this is all at the Alloa Business Centre.   Not in the High Street The Alloa Business Centre, originally the old coal board building, has housed many businesses over the years but …

Career Ready Student Starts at Ceteris

Hi! I am Saoirse and I am currently doing a four-week internship at ceteris. This was the first week of my internship and I spent it working with the Business Gateway team in their office, I spent a lot of my week doing research for the team on commercial courses and helping with little tasks around the office, I also …

Experience counts for young new financial adviser firm in the Forth Valley

Did you know that the average age of an Independent Financial Adviser (IFA) in the UK is 58? Three entrepreneurs in Alloa, are bucking this trend! Many IFAs plan to retire in the next five years. For their clients, this will lead to the disruption of changing advisers and finding someone they trust to look after some of the most …

How one business is getting the care homes dancing and singing

Natalie (former professional ballet dancer) started danceSing back in 2016 with the vision to bring the benefits of singing and dancing to stay fit, healthy, and happy to the general public. Natalie and her team of amazing and passionate professionals wanted to make a positive difference to people’s lives through their shared vision of bringing wellness to the nation. danceSing …

6 Reasons Covid-19 has pushed us to be more flexible with work

The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns has had a huge impact on business, office space and the way we all work (not to mention all the personal affects this has brought to us all) and here at Ceteris we are keen to adapt in order to support our tenants and local businesses as best we can. One thing is for …

Keeping our tenants & staff even safer with Antimicrobial Surface Coating

The Ceteris maintenance team are rolling out another innovative improvement for our tenants to keep them safe. Covid-19 Always at the forefront of our mind (now more than ever) is the importance of ensuring our tenants and staff have a safe and welcoming space to work from.  We’ve already put lots of processes in place to fight the battle against Covid-19 such as: …

Alloa business increases property space by over 700% in just 2 years

Growth in difficult times We all know that Covid-19 has had a huge impact on a wide range of businesses but some industries have not only been surviving but thriving in these difficult times. Having so much sad news in the last year, it is great to hear about businesses doing well. One of these businesses is Lateral Dx Ltd. …

Sponsor Great Worker Wasps

Ceteris are not only a not for profit company that commits every penny into driving sustainable economic growth across Clacks, but we are also equally passionate about supporting local community projects. One local project that caught our attention and we decided to sponsor was the Wasp Community Club. Not Just Football The Wasp Community Club is the charitable wing of …