Enterprise4All

At Enterprise4All, we help organisations of all kinds. Below are just a few recent examples of the kinds of groups we have assisted and individuals who have successfully launched their own businesses.

Female Entrepreneurs:

Women represent the fastest growing area of support for Enterprise4All. Across the region, women are launching businesses of all kinds and across a broad spectrum of market sectors, ranging from the creative industries to steel.

Action Insurance Repair
Having worked in the building industry for more than 10 years, Joanne Ginty felt that she could offer better customer service than any of the big insurance repair companies. Click here to find out how her new business quickly found favour with homeowners. 

Coo Marketing
Click here to find out why Claire Nield, having established a very successful and secure career in the field of corporate marketing, took the decision to start her own business - and why that decision was the right one...

Greenfoot Gardens
With help from E4A, two sisters turned their love of gardening into a thriving garden centre business in rural Lancashire. Click here to find out more. 

Jen's Academy
Having established a successful career in makeup and styling, Jen decided to set up her own training academy in Preston. Click here to read her story.

ProFreshNal
Janet Kenny wanted to develop a business that would enable her to choose her own hours so as to fit in with her lifestyle, which included studying part time and raising her four children. The result was a new cleaning venture - ProFreshNal. Click here to find out more.

Spindrift Gallery
Val Winterbottom had always had a talent for art so when she got the chance to run her own gallery in Arnside, she found the offer too tempting to resist. Click here to find out more.

Flying Start Parenting Magazine
Flying Start Parenting Magazine was first published in 2003 but when the original partnership was dissolved, one of its founders, Amanda Brown decided to run the business herself. Click here to find out more.

CSM Steel Stock
In order to establish her own business, Jacky Southern had to give up a secure job that she had held for more than 10 years - but the success of the venture more than justified her decision. Click here to find out more.

Entrepreneurs Coping with Disabilities:

Lancashire Mole Control
Having surprised doctors with the extent of his recovery following a serious motorbike accident, John Noblett worked with E4All advisers to turn a hobby into a popular new business. Click here to find out more.

Entrepreneurs from Ethnic Minority Communities:

For many people from black and minority ethnic communities, self employment represents a rewarding and attractive option that allows entrepreneura to make a positive contribution to their families, their communities and the wider regional economy. Offering the promise of greater freedom and self determination, it is a ladder of opportunity for many people and a chouce that many are glad to have made.

Cuckoo Bag
Having always wanted to run her own business, Mila Raedermacher recently launched Cuckoo Bag, a new line of environmentally friendly bags that are entirely free of plastics. Click here to find out more.

Mary HD
Since the age of three, Mary had always harboured an ambition to work in the performing arts. Now she has an album out and her own entertainments company. Click here to find out more.

ORCA Websites (Blackburn)
With a Masters degree under her belt and her two children now at school or university, Chitra Srinivasan decided to act on a long-held ambition to start her own business. A new website development franchise opportunity provided the ideal starting point, as this case study illustrates.

Andrew & Mason
Click here to find out why Glenda Andrew has found starting up her own wills and probate advisory service so rewarding.

Entrepreneurs over 50

The over 50s make for some of the country’s most dynamic and successful entrepreneurs because they can marry good ideas with many years of experience. Having seen past recessions, they are also some of the best equipped for dealing with difficult times.

Insite Video
Click here to read how Chris Davies made the move into the digital industries, despite having already enjoyed a long and successful career. Far from looking towards retirement, Chris worked with his son to launch Insite Video.