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Festival of Enterprise

Back by popular demand! Festival of Enterprise returns in 2024 after the resounding success of the 2022 event! Mark your calendars for Wednesday 13th June, 9.30am to 3pm at the vibrant New Century venue in the heart of Manchester City Centre.

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Gwafuvegan

Owner and entrepreneur Ngwafu Tansie, joined the EnterprisingYou programme to help take her business, Gwafuvegan,  to the next level.

We decided to catch up with the culinary chef to hear about her journey on our programme.

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Alison Mosley – A Leap of Faith from Teaching to Counselling

With a passion for working with young people and supporting the mental health of others, EnterprisingYou client Alison decided to take the leap of faith and started her practice of counselling after teaching for 20 years.

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Creative Artist and Owner of Our Curious Panda - Carie Barker

Launching the first creative magazine for kids in the UK that focuses on art and the outdoors, Carie Barker, EnterprisingYou client, shared with us her journey and how she developed Our Curious Panda.

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Nina Daniels - Scandi Homeware Designer and Business Owner

Founded her homeware business NINA D in 2020, Nina designs and produces her unique tableware inspired by her Swedish upbringing and family traditions. Her business has taken off after completing the EnterprisingYou programme. We recently caught up with Nina to learn more about her journey and her plans for the future.

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How To Look After Your Health & Wellbeing When Running Your Business

Health & Wellbeing is important for the self-employed to focus on as often the self-employed are one-man bands. EnterprisingYou business coaches led a discussion in our last women's coffee morning and gathered some top tips to help you improve this area.

Outdoor Learning with Mandy Morrison

With a background in garden design and promoting outdoor learning with the RHS, Mandy Morrison is passionate about children receiving an engaging education through learning in the outdoor environment. Find out more about her and her business.

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Karen Rudd - A Lockdown Self-employed Mum Juggling the Dual Demands of Work and Family

Being a new mum can be a lonely and isolating time, least of all in the height of a pandemic. We spoke with the mumpreneur and EnterprisingYou client to hear her story as she juggled between a clingy baby and a new business, both crying for attention...

Josh Wilkinson, videographer based in Manchester working in Manchester Central Library

From Gig Works to a Real Business – A journey that is familiar to a lot of Self-Employed

Multiple projects can easily turn into long-term gigs or businesses if you start to take them seriously. At EnterprisingYou, we are proud to support local gigs workers and the self-employed. We caught up with Josh Wilkinson, our client and a videographer based in Manchester, to find out more about the business, his EnterprisingYou journey and the plans for the future.

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Selfemployed woman stress management

Stress Awareness – Regaining Control

How often do you feel like you are not in complete control of your everyday life and start feeling stressed?

Read our guide and find out what you should do about things you cannot control?

Take A Trip with EnterprisingYou Client Gary Manners...

Manchester's very own award-winning travel specialist, Gary Manners provides bespoke travel advice and services, offering the very best in customer service, personal experience and attention to detail.

We caught up with the Travel guru to find out how our programme has helped him and his travel business. 

Stress Awareness – Regaining Connectivity

Causes of stress can be different for everyone. Letting your demands outweigh your resources will always have you feeling stressed.

Read our guide and find out how to manage your stress and learn how to regain connections with your work and with the people around you.

A light-hearted chat with The Playful Indian owner, and EnterprisingYou client, Dina Mistry

Leaving her full-time job as a graphic designer to pursue her own business full-time, Dina launched her pun-based cards and gifts company, The Playful Indian, to put smiles on faces and spread happiness.

We spoke with the entrepreneur and EnterprisingYou client to hear her story...

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‘Staycation or Break-cation? - Finding the time for rest and recuperation

A staycation can be whatever you need it to be. The important thing to remember is that everyone needs to take a break to look after their wellbeing – rest and recuperation is vital.

Whether you are planning to include more staycations or breakcations, read our top tips here.

Football coaching twins tackle workshops and receive training of their own

Officially launching in 2020, EnterprisingYou clients Adam and Jack created their business Calculated Performance, a football coaching company offering high-quality, professional and private one-to-one coaching for aspiring footballers.  

We found out more with one half of the coaching duo, Adam... 

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