River View Clinic flows through pandemic issues
A business which moved into a new base just days before the pandemic lockdown is going from strength to strength.
Beverley Ashton’s River View Clinic – which provide information and treatments to support the ageing process – moved in at Sunderland’s North East Business and Innovation Centre (BIC) in March last year.
But, despite a year of unprecedented twists and turns, things are looking good – and she’s now preparing to celebrate her first anniversary at the BIC with plans to grow.
Beverly moved from her original city centre base when a riverside unit became available.
She said: “It was a strange time to move, just four days before that first traumatic lockdown but somehow I knew I would make it work.
“I fell in love immediately with the office space which has evolved to become River View Clinic and the BIC team have been amazing.
"I have felt 100 per cent supported by everyone and believe this was the best businessdecisionI’veevermade.”
She added: “I was brought up just a stone’s throw away from where my new business is and feel like I’ve come home.”
Beverley set up an aesthetics practice in 2009 after 25 years’ experience in the nursing and medical field and, over the next decade, evolved the business to offer a wide range of services including skincare, cosmetic surgery and hormone support.
She prides herself on setting up the first clinic in the North East focused on the impact of the decline of male hormones and she also recently launched vitamin infusions.
She said: “Covid has obviously affected how I’ve been able to operate but it won’t affect my plans for growing the business.
"If anything, it has given me time to research additional opportunities.”
Donna Surtees, Centre Manager at the BIC, said: “Beverley’s story is a perfect example of how many smart entrepreneurs have used these past 12 months wisely –researching new ways to diversify that will help them to thrive.
“We can’t wait to be able to properly celebrate her anniversary as soon as we can.”