SUPPORT FOR START-UP BUSINESSES

SUPPORT FOR START-UP BUSINESSES

Enterprise4All supports new businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs through a variety of initiatives.

Through the NWDA's High Growth Programme, for example, E4All provides free coaching support to new and pre-start businesses with good potential for expansion.

In the video below, Chief Executive Ilyas Munshi explains E4All's history of helping entrepreneurs to launch new businesses and how this continues through a range of current programmes.

Enterprise 4 All - An Introduction from Ilyas Munshi on Vimeo.

The Intensive Start-UP Support Programme (ISUS)

In the Lancaster District - which includes Morecambe, Carnforth, Heysham and the outlying rural areas - E4All is delivering the NWDA and Lancashire County Council-funded Intensive Start Up Support (ISUS) programme. This provides free advice, information, support and networking opportunities for people who are thinking about starting up their own new business.

The programme is aimed primarily at under-represented groups such as women, people with disabilities, social enterprises, people from minority ethnic communities, the over 50s and anyone currently registered for Job Seekers’ Allowance. To provide localised help for these people, E4All has an office at the Storey Institute in Lancaster, where experienced business advisers are on hand to provide expert advice.

discussions The new facility has been established as part of the Intensive Start-Up Support (ISUS) programme, which is funded by the Northwest Regional Development Agency, Lancashire County Council and the European Union. The programme aims to supply would-be business owners with expert advice and coaching support, as well as a series of free networking opportunities and special events such as workshops, seminars and masterclasses. The Storey Institute office provides a base from which this help can be delivered, but advisers are also able to visit clients at their own premises if required.