Do you have an exciting business idea, but need help and support in getting it off the ground?
If you are thinking of starting your own business you are in good company - a very important share of the UK's wealth and employment is generated by small companies.
The Business School at Staffordshire University are offering budding graduate entrepreneurs the opportunity to start their business with the full support (including training, mentoring, financial assistance and networking opportunities) throughout start-up and the first vital steps of growth.
We believe that our innovate approach offers one of the best means of establishing your business and improving its chances of survival and growth for the future.
Our exciting schemes give help and support to graduates or alumni wishing to start their own business but applicants will need to demonstrate that they:
• Are able to dedicate the time required to develop their business idea
• Have the ambition, determination, creativity and desire to make it happen
• Have a proven market need for their business idea
• Can show the growth potential of their business proposal
For more information see our leaflet by downloading here: Business Start-Up Schemes Leaflet
Foundation Degree in Business StartUp (2 year programme)
The problem for the "apprentice" is where to start - do you go to college or university to learn all about it first, or do you just go ahead (hoping it will work out!)? Now you can do both! Staffordshire University offers a unique, ground-breaking approach to getting a new business going; focussing on the business itself while at the same time offering the opportunity to achieve a qualification.
For further information see: http://www.staffs.ac.uk/courses_and_study/courses/business-startup-tcm4213275.jsp
Below is a link to an on-line talk - great for students and graduates who are in the early stages of thinking about starting their own business with some really helpful hints and tips:
www.staffs.ac.uk/careers/talksonline.jsp
