Welcome to Holly & Co
What you are about to read isn’t the story of a regular brand. Holly & Co is a marketplace bursting with purpose, passionate about redefining ‘thoughtfulness’ and truly on a mission to show the creativity and colour of the UK’s small business community (well, and to put a little fun back into retail of course!).
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HERE'S WHAT MAKES US TICK
About our marketplace
About our campaigns
Supporting women with every purchase
DID YOU KNOW THAT 95% OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES ON OUR MARKETPLACE ARE FEMALE FOUNDED?
- 70% are also busy mums, raising the future while doing what they love
- 80% are aged 40-65, showing it's never too late to follow your dreams
- We're a 97% female team on a mission to inspire and empower others
- Celebrating craftswomen in the UK to protect their heritage crafts such as marbling — a tradition now practiced by only 12 artisans nationwide!
Holly's Inspiration & Advice
Empowering you to start a business or live a creative life
Holly's Business Advice
Holly's Podcast
Our Inspiration Hub
A topline tour of Holly & Co
And like all great British businesses, ours started at the kitchen table...
The Holly & Co journey begins...
Offering colourful advice for small businesses, to inspire a fulfilling and creative life.
A new brand is created
Holly & Co becomes a club that thousands of artisans strive to join. A badge of honour and a community really ready to help each other.
We opened our Work/Shop in West London
Selling over 200 small businesses, good coffee and inspiring the local community with retail theatre. A place where you were encouraged to start your own business.
We launched 'Campaign Shop Independent'
Supporting independent businesses across the UK and encouraging others to do the same.
We launched a soulful podcast
Holly has since interviewed over 200 of the UK’s most successful founders, brands and creative thinkers.
We held our first nationwide events
Hosting incredible speakers, providing networking opportunities and inspiring small business magic.
We launched ‘Female Founders Unite’
Supporting and championing female founders, and the immense value and colour they bring.
We launched our 'Advice Hub'
An online library full of helpful articles and ‘ungoogleable’ tips for small businesses or those dreaming of starting one.
We launched ‘SME: SOS’ in the pandemic
We became a daily lifeline on Instagram when small businesses needed us the most.
Our ‘Instagram Lives’ go live
Our way of bringing the community together and sharing advice from those in the know.
We launched the 'Independent Awards'
A £100,000 prize pot — the largest award of its kind — to recognise the bravery and innovation of the nation’s incredible independents.
We went on tour across the whole of the UK
Meeting over 100 small businesses in just five days to showcase the importance of supporting small.
We launched our Colour Friday campaign
To encourage the nation to celebrate the colour and creativity that small businesses bring.
Holly wrote a best selling book!
Offering colourful business advice in bitesize chunks, it helped people realise their dreams and became a Sunday Times Best Seller.
Our ‘Business Pharmacy’ went live
We continue to build on our support to help small businesses grow with Instagram advice and accolades.
Our ‘Female Founders’ campaign evolved
More than a single day (IWD), we share our lifetime commitment to supporting women year round.
We went on tour and became a B Corp business
Spreading colour across the nation, taking Holly & Co on tour, and after two years, we were proud to gain our brilliant B Corp status.
We went coast to coast with ‘Campaign Shop Independent’
Flying the flag in 10 independent high streets across the UK.
We built ‘The Home of Small Business’
A physical five story house and content studio, that became a shrine to small businesses — think QVC, meets Big Breakfast, meets Martha Stewart!
We launched our small business marketplace
Encouraging consumers to support small and vote with their money, bringing together the most creative UK small businesses.
We launched our micro-podcast ‘Letters To My Younger Self’
Giving life lessons learned in less than 15 minutes. We also recorded our 200th episode of Conversations of Inspiration!
We’ve become a vibrant creative community
Led by a purpose to inspire a more thoughtful way for people to shop, live and work, and with exciting plans on the horizon for 2025 — watch this space!
We believe business can change the world
we're here to help show how
About our badges
Being a B Corp
Press & media
Why do so many people open our emails?
From the best new gift ideas for every occasion or homeware that becomes a borderline obsession, to our founder Holly’s unique take on life (always shared with wit and wisdom), get inspiration sent straight to your inbox each week.