leamington spa united kingdom products lingerie website www.bravissimo.com bravissimo is a lingerie retailer that provides lingerie and swimwear in d cup sizes . they currently have 21 stores across the uk and also sell via mail order and online . 1 they are based in leamington spa warwickshire and currently employ over 700 people . 2 bravissimo also sell clothing under the pepperberry brand which was launched in march 2011 . 3 contents 1 history 2 awards 3 references 4 external links history edit bravissimo store founder sarah tremellen began as a freelance tv and radio researcher for the bbc before quitting eight months later aged 25 to have a baby . whilst pregnant sarah found it difficult to find a good choice of bras that fit her when she went up to a g cup . 4 in 1995 after giving birth sarah and her friend hannah griffiths tried to do something about it . they decided to take an eight week business course which culminated in presenting a business plan to their local bank manager . their presentation won them a 10 000 bank loan to help them start bravissimo . 5 working in sarah s living room of her twickenham flat they made a catalogue to sell by mail order with all the best bras they could find and started a mailing list of around 75 people mostly friends and family . sarah then telephoned several women s magazines and newspapers and within a month got coverage in the daily mail bringing in 1 000 requests for a catalogue . 6 in 1996 they were able to move out of sarah s twickenham flat and 12 months later sarah and her husband mike bought hannah out of the business . 7 in november 1999 bravissimo opened its first shop in ealing which is one of the 21 stores nationwide they currently operate . 8 the next year sarah s husband mike left his job at tetley to become the business operations director . 9 in 2001 bravissimo relocated to their current headquarters in leamington spa . 10 awards edit bravissimo has been in the sunday times 100 best companies to work for list for since 2007 when they came 19th 11 and most recently in 2012 they were awarded 10th place . 12 the list rates a company s performance on 8 key factors which takes into account things such as pay leadership social impact and personal growth . 13 they were awarded 99th 26th 14 24th 15 and 8th 16 place respectively between 2008 2011 . in 2011 bravissimo was nominated for the multiple retailer of the year award at the uk lingerie awards 17 but lost out to agent provocateur lingerie . 18 references edit http www.drapersonline.com multiples pepperberry helps spice up bravissimo performance 5032601 . article http www.bestcompaniesguide.co.uk company profile.aspx companysurveyid 44695 http www.bravissimo.com pepperberry about http warwickshire.greatbritishlife.co.uk article sarah tremellen founder of bravissimo 3168 http www.mybusiness.co.uk ywsn46zofdymqq.html http www.telegraph.co.uk finance 2835354 starting out.html http www.birminghampost.net news west midlands news 2008 12 31 bravissimo founder honoured with mbe after starting firm from home 65233 22579050 http www.telegraph.co.uk finance 2835354 starting out.html http www.birminghampost.net news west midlands news 2008 12 31 bravissimo founder honoured with mbe after starting firm from home 65233 22579050 ixzz1sv1muiy0 http warwickshire.greatbritishlife.co.uk article sarah tremellen founder of bravissimo 3168 http www.bestcompanies.co.uk survey list.aspx survey 15 & size 27 http www.queensarcade.info click here for more news 4 the news 231 bravissimo proud to be 10th best in uk.html http www.bestcompanies.co.uk methodology.aspx http hi.baidu.com xiulinch blog item cf3e3945e9221a8ab3b7dc67.html http universityguru.blogspot.co.uk 2010 11 100 best companies to work for 2010.html http www.lingerieinsight.com article 485 bravissimo voted 8th best company to work for http www.lingerieinsight.com article 1038 uk lingerie awards finalists revealed http www.uklingerieawards.com 09 multiple retailer of the year 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