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Fuel your Business Growth: Start your business

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Start Your Business Strong – Empowering Future Entrepreneurs

The Start Your Business Strong programme, delivered by the UK Export Academy, is a comprehensive and free six-part series designed to equip aspiring entrepreneurs with the essential knowledge and tools to launch and grow a successful business. Whether you're developing a new idea, formalising a side hustle, or establishing a sole trader operation, this programme provides expert-led guidance tailored to your journey.

Participants will benefit from:

  • Strategic business planning using SMART objectives
  • Financial literacy and understanding key business terminology
  • Market research techniques to identify customers and competitors
  • Real-world insights from successful UK entrepreneurs
  • Flexible learning through live sessions and on-demand access

This initiative is ideal for individuals seeking to build a resilient, export-ready business from the ground up. Join a community of like-minded entrepreneurs and take the first confident step toward business success.

For more information and to register, visit:

Start Your Business Strong – UK Export Academy

 

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Access to Finance’s advice and support has been invaluable. Mark Gibbons took the time to understand our business inside out and provided us with objective advice to help us secure a funding solution that met our specific requirements.

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