Business start-up agency SES provides free business start-up help as part of the Enterprising Community Zone project. Over £1 million of the £1.6 million project is funded by Back on the Map.

 The project aims to:

• help create more than 100 new business start-ups, particularly among lone parents, long term sick and disabled, people aged over 45 and ethnic minorities;
• provide mentoring and on-going support, to reduce business failure rates;
• support 45 existing businesses and providing support and expertise to help them grow;
• encourage businesses from outside the area to re-locate;
• set up a business expert's panel, to boost innovation, help secure finincial incentives for business start-ups, focus on the regeneration of Villette Road and maximise IT technology in the area.

All the advice and support is FREE and every enquiry is treated in the strictest confidence.

Are you, for example :

• fed up with working for someone else?
• a single mother looking to earn a better income?
• looking to legitimise a second source of income?
• unemployed?
• returning to the workplace?
• want to turn a hobby or interest into a money making opportunity?
• planning to turn your Ebay fun into a fully fledged business?