{"id":46517,"date":"2016-05-16T00:55:17","date_gmt":"2016-05-15T23:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/?p=46517"},"modified":"2021-06-25T11:51:02","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T10:51:02","slug":"56-digital-balance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/56-digital-balance\/","title":{"rendered":"56. Digital Balance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Founders:<\/strong> Nicky Hoyland and Chris Keeling
\nFounded: <\/strong>July 2013
\nWebsite: <\/strong>www.digitalbalance.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Having both developed a love for solving technical problems while working together at EE, Nicky Hoyland and Chris Keeling realised there might be similar gaps in other corporates they could help address.<\/p>\n

In 2013 they launched Digital Balance, a Midlands-based technical solutions company, providing web design and development, bespoke e-learning and consultancy inhouse. The company has helped some major names including Santander, Genesis, Expedia and EE, charging per day instead of per project for their services, with clients raising a “bank of days” they can use to build new or support existing projects. This allows Digital Balance to grow and expand alongside its client base.<\/p>\n

Since featuring in our 2015 Startups 100 list<\/a>, the firm has retained its remarkable profit margin, while doubling turnover and growing its staff from just three to 10. Over the coming year, the business plans to embark on a period of continued growth by broadening its range of connections and clients, with the BBC, Sky and Asda already in its scopes. Projected turnover for 2016 is expected to hit an impressive £750,000 – not bad for a business started with just £1,000, and some useful connections and potential clients from the founders’ previous jobs.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Founders: Nicky Hoyland and Chris Keeling Founded: July 2013 Website: www.digitalbalance.co.uk Having both developed a love for solving technical problems while working together at EE, Nicky Hoyland and Chris Keeling realised there might be similar gaps in other corporates they could help address. In 2013 they launched Digital Balance, a Midlands-based technical solutions company, providing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91469,"featured_media":46824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-180"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n56. Digital Balance - Startups 100 by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/56-digital-balance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"56. Digital Balance - Startups 100 by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Founders: Nicky Hoyland and Chris Keeling Founded: July 2013 Website: www.digitalbalance.co.uk Having both developed a love for solving technical problems while working together at EE, Nicky Hoyland and Chris Keeling realised there might be similar gaps in other corporates they could help address. In 2013 they launched Digital Balance, a Midlands-based technical solutions company, providing […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/56-digital-balance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Startups 100 by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-05-15T23:55:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-06-25T10:51:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/05\/db-directors.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"390\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"The Startups Team\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"The Startups Team\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/56-digital-balance\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/56-digital-balance\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"The Startups Team\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/#\/schema\/person\/b79c62a7ab4db88c1f4e6447ccddaa60\"},\"headline\":\"56. Digital Balance\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-05-15T23:55:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-25T10:51:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/56-digital-balance\/\"},\"wordCount\":206,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/56-digital-balance\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/05\/db-directors.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"2016\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/56-digital-balance\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2016\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/56-digital-balance\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/56-digital-balance\/\",\"name\":\"56. Digital Balance - Startups 100 by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/56-digital-balance\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/56-digital-balance\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/05\/db-directors.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-05-15T23:55:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-25T10:51:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/#\/schema\/person\/b79c62a7ab4db88c1f4e6447ccddaa60\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/56-digital-balance\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/56-digital-balance\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/56-digital-balance\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/05\/db-directors.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/05\/db-directors.png\",\"width\":640,\"height\":390,\"caption\":\"Digital Balance: Nicky Hoyland and Chris Keeling\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/56-digital-balance\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"56. Digital Balance\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/\",\"name\":\"Startups 100 by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business\",\"description\":\"The UK's No.1 service for starting a business\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/#\/schema\/person\/b79c62a7ab4db88c1f4e6447ccddaa60\",\"name\":\"The Startups Team\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3c8cd68a78d325e8bbe4f764947a9052a9f89e15edf1385ad33bf583be4d8962?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3c8cd68a78d325e8bbe4f764947a9052a9f89e15edf1385ad33bf583be4d8962?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3c8cd68a78d325e8bbe4f764947a9052a9f89e15edf1385ad33bf583be4d8962?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"The Startups Team\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/author\/thestartupsteam\/\"}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"56. Digital Balance - Startups 100 by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/56-digital-balance\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"56. Digital Balance - Startups 100 by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business","og_description":"Founders: Nicky Hoyland and Chris Keeling Founded: July 2013 Website: www.digitalbalance.co.uk Having both developed a love for solving technical problems while working together at EE, Nicky Hoyland and Chris Keeling realised there might be similar gaps in other corporates they could help address. In 2013 they launched Digital Balance, a Midlands-based technical solutions company, providing […]","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/56-digital-balance\/","og_site_name":"Startups 100 by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business","article_published_time":"2016-05-15T23:55:17+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-06-25T10:51:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":390,"url":"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/05\/db-directors.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"The Startups Team","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"The Startups Team","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/56-digital-balance\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/56-digital-balance\/"},"author":{"name":"The Startups Team","@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/#\/schema\/person\/b79c62a7ab4db88c1f4e6447ccddaa60"},"headline":"56. Digital Balance","datePublished":"2016-05-15T23:55:17+00:00","dateModified":"2021-06-25T10:51:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/56-digital-balance\/"},"wordCount":206,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/56-digital-balance\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/05\/db-directors.png","articleSection":["2016"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/56-digital-balance\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2016","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/56-digital-balance\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/56-digital-balance\/","name":"56. Digital Balance - Startups 100 by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/56-digital-balance\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/56-digital-balance\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/05\/db-directors.png","datePublished":"2016-05-15T23:55:17+00:00","dateModified":"2021-06-25T10:51:02+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/#\/schema\/person\/b79c62a7ab4db88c1f4e6447ccddaa60"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/56-digital-balance\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/56-digital-balance\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/56-digital-balance\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/05\/db-directors.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/05\/db-directors.png","width":640,"height":390,"caption":"Digital Balance: Nicky Hoyland and Chris Keeling"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/56-digital-balance\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"56. Digital Balance"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/","name":"Startups 100 by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business","description":"The UK's No.1 service for starting a business","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/#\/schema\/person\/b79c62a7ab4db88c1f4e6447ccddaa60","name":"The Startups Team","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3c8cd68a78d325e8bbe4f764947a9052a9f89e15edf1385ad33bf583be4d8962?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3c8cd68a78d325e8bbe4f764947a9052a9f89e15edf1385ad33bf583be4d8962?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3c8cd68a78d325e8bbe4f764947a9052a9f89e15edf1385ad33bf583be4d8962?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"The Startups Team"},"url":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/author\/thestartupsteam\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}