NKD Clothing director Gill Eastgate believes the investment will help her further grow her business which recently celebrated a number of high-profile contracts wins, including airline Flyglobespan.

She says that Shirlaws' experts are already boosting the confidence, creativity and productivity of the 10-strong team at the Edinburgh-based company.

This year, Gill won the 2009 Junior Chamber International Creative Young Entrepreneur Award, an accolade previously held by Ultimo tycoon Michelle Mone.

NKD Clothing has also been identified by Scottish Enterprise, who contributed 30% of the total cost of the coaching service, as a potential high-growth company.

She said: "2009 has already been an incredibly successful year for NKD Clothing. As well as the award we have won a host of new contracts with a number of very high-profile names.

"The coaching we received from Shirlaws helped us with these projects by allowing the NKD Clothing management team to view the project from a creative perspective rather than from solely a business viewpoint."

Gill led a management buyout of the company in 2005 and promptly delivered a doubling of turnover to £1.3 million. Success has been underpinned by contracts with respected hotel groups like De Vere Hotel Group Malmaison and Hotel du Vin, which helped the bespoke work wear supplier to grow rapidly across the UK.

Gill added: "NKD Clothing is unique in that we don't supply uniforms from a brochure. We design client-specific concepts and bespoke corporate clothing for companies on individual basis.

"Professional coaching helped us realise how important it is for us to emphasise this point to allow the company to grow and therefore expand our reach on a global level."

As well as Flyglobespan, NKD Clothing has also won new work with Michelin star chef Paul Kitching's 21212 restaurant, Peckforton Castle in Cheshire and Accuro Facilities Management in London.

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