8 Shaz Shah on launching and scaling a luxury chocolate business with a mission

Jul 9, 2018

Shaz Shah is co-founder of Harry Specters, a business which makes lovingly handcrafted chocolates. Its products have won 22 Awards for their taste and quality.

It’s also a business with a mission: to offer paid employment to, and free training for, young people with autism.

"You can have a great business and also contribute to society," says Shah who covers:

• why the business was launched
• how it grew from a home-based operation to taking on premises
• where the name came from
• why chocolate-making, which requires specialised skills, offers great opportunities to people with autism
• funding the business' development and growth through a mixture of grants, loan finance, equity, and "chocolate bonds"
• securing the first corporate customers
• the biggest challenges and opportunities, so far

Enjoy the podcast and visit www.harryschocs.co.uk to enjoy some chocolates.