The Business Exchange Swindon & Wiltshire Edition 26: Aug/ Sept 2016 | Page 21

CELEBRATING WILTSHIRE'S START-UPS
REVVED UP

The Rockit
Moonraker
Bears
Moonraker Bears, which operates from Sidmouth
Street in Devizes, was created by Iain Wallis and
his business partner Miriam Dutoy last year.
They hand make and sell traditional mohair
teddy bears as well as running workshops
and providing a hospital for sick bears in need
of ‘medical attention’.
The idea came when Iain and Miriam were
looking to move an existing business to new
premises. The existing business only needed
an office but the new property had both
office space and a shop front. They saw this
as an opportunity.
Iain said: “Our research showed businesses
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