The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) continues to support new business start ups on the West Coast of Cumbria through the Business Incubator at their Westlakes Campus.
During November and December, new businesses will have the opportunity to receive support free of charge, courtesy of European Regeneration Development Funding. This will be delivered by Colmena Associates Ltd which has successfully delivered business training and one-to-one support to four previous cohorts.
UCLan would like to hear from pre-start or new start businesses to join the latest cohort. The programme will consist of a full business training day on Tuesday 22nd November, one-to-one support and follow-up telephone mentoring. The training day is aimed at giving anyone who is considering starting their own business a full insight into all the aspects that have to be considered including: strategic planning, leadership, marketing, branding, financial and risk management. The day will consist of interactive workshops and action learning sets plus some seminar style learning.
One to one sessions will be held with each business in the following two days at the UCLan Incubator Unit which is a free facility for those wishing to start a business in a professional office environment.
UCLan is particularly keen to help support those wishing to start technical, scientific or knowledge based businesses which will add value to Britain’s Energy CoastTM.
Places are strictly limited and preference will be given to pre-start or newly formed businesses, although those under two years old may also qualify.
Please contact Sue Hearn at sue.hearn@colmena.co.uk or Sarah Craig at sarah.craig@colmena.co.uk to book your place or ring 01900 810559.