Our Entrepreneurs' Network Events offer a monthly evening of insightful talks and top tips from inspiring local start-ups and business owners, a valuable skills exchange session, and a good dose of networking for new and existing entrepreneurs and start-ups.

These brilliant events are FREE and are open to all entrepreneurs and business owners based in Gloucestershire. Refreshments are provided.

Join us and build your network with an inspiring community of new and developing entrepreneurs!

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Attending our free business support courses

Are you thinking of starting your own business, or do you want to know how to develop and grow your start-up?

Wherever you are on your business journey, Start and Grow Enterprise provides free training, events, expert support resources, and a powerful community to help turn your ideas into reality and grow a successful enterprise.

Please join on our website www.startandgrowenterprise.uk/join to apply to attend any of the courses listed below.

Start-up Weekends

Two-day events providing inspiration, skills and a place to test new ideas, for anyone with a business idea. Covering business basics, you will leave with a Business Model Canvas and clear next steps for taking your ideas forward.

Grow your Business

This two-day course is for new enterprises, providing the chance to revise and develop your business strategy, finances, marketing and more. It will help you find solutions to obstacles you may be facing for your business growth and develop next steps.

Five Steps to Enterprise

A series of five masterclasses over three sessions, including a group review, to address key topics for helping businesses to succeed. Aimed at those who have been trading for over a year, sessions will cover Business Strategy, Finance & Funding, Legal, Leadership & HR, and Marketing & Sales.

The Entrepreneurs’ Network Events are offered by Start and Grow Enterprise; a University of Gloucestershire project, part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). Start and Grow Enterprise supports the growth of Gloucestershire-based entrepreneurs and start-ups (trading up to 3 years) through free training, events, networks, and resources.

DATA PROTECTION: Start and Grow Enterprise activities are provided free to eligible participants if you meet the eligibility criteria. We will use the information you supply: A) to provide business support to you and to inform our delivery partners as appropriate; B) to share with the University of Gloucestershire and MHCLG (or their sub-contractors) for monitoring evaluation and audit purposes. We will keep all information you provide confidential and treat it in accordance with the current Data Protection legislation.

If you are not already signed up with Start and Grow Enterprise, after booking a networking event your name and email address will be added to our records and kept in line with data protection legislation so we can keep you informed about the free start-up support we provide. You can opt out of receiving information from our course providers, or leave the project and not receive notice of this support, by emailing startandgrow@glos.ac.uk at any time.

Please find our Privacy Notice here: http://www.glos.ac.uk/business-and-partnerships/Documents/ERDF%20privacy%20notice.pdf