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Successful pitching tips for entrepreneurs and start-ups

As entrepreneurs at any stage of your business journey, the ability to pitch yourself is vital. Find out how to approach this skill. Successful marketing your business can make-or-break you. Find out how you can start shouting about your business from the rooftops.

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Find the time to boost your knowledge and skills with bitesized training

Find out why bitesized workshops are a great way to improve your personal and professional knowledge as an entrepreneur with a busy schedule.

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NatWest and Business Growth Hub Announce Drop-in Support Sessions for Entrepreneurs in Greater Manchester

NatWest and EnterprisingYou have partnered up to deliver drop-in business support sessions designed in boroughs across Greater Manchester to assist local entrepreneurs and small business owners.

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Balancing business and self: why wellbeing is every entrepreneur’s best investment

Yvonne Sampson, Head of Enterprise at GM Business Growth Hub, explores the vital role of wellbeing in entrepreneurship and how prioritising personal health can help business owners across Greater Manchester build stronger, more sustainable enterprises.

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Nurturing the next generation of UK entrepreneurs in Greater Manchester

The EnterprisingYou program of GM Business Growth Hub proudly collaborated for the first time with The Prince’s Trust to organise an exclusive meet-up event for young entrepreneurs aged 18 to 30.

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Bittany Fashion and Kayomi

Inspired by traditional African print, Nigerian-born fashion designer Fikayomi Agbola founded Bittany Fashion and Kayomi after being disappointed with the quality of tailoring in Nigeria.

We caught up with Fikayomi at her store to learn more about her business journey.

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Left Foot Forward

After nearly two decades working in the Greater Manchester tech industry, Liam Brennan pursued his ambition to go it on his own and enrolled on EnterprisingYou to help him with his new business.

We caught up with Liam to find out what inspired him to set up Left Foot Forward and how EnterprisingYou helped his business journey.

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Dotty About Braille

Dotty About Braille, founded in May 2023 by Hayley Kellard, specialises in personalised Braille greeting cards, transcribed documents, and labels.
We caught up with Hayley to learn about her business journey and how EnterprisingYou supported her.

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Crazy In Love Designs

Crazy In Love Designs Ltd design, manufacture and sell an exclusive range of home fragrance & candles from their boutique in Stockport.

Founder, owner and creator Rachel Johnson welcomed us into her business to share her business journey.

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Keep this Cracker

Keep this Cracker makes and sells a product that prompts the thought, why hasn’t this been done before? A reusable cracker. The founder of the company created the cracker after being dismayed by the amount of waste being produced, not only by the crackers, but also by the little ‘gifts’ that come in them, that are, invariably, thrown out with the cracker itself.

We spoke to Bea Thackeray, founder and sole proprietor of Keep This Cracker.

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Inspire 321

Reah Coo started SEND consultancy business Inspire 321 to improve the outcomes of vulnerable children and young people.

She started EnterprisingYou following a year break after the birth of her first daughter as she was unsure how to kick start the business again. We caught up with her to find out how she has been getting on since the programme and how EnterprisingYou has supported her and her business.

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Swimmingly

Sarah Hill is a swimming coach specialising in working with adults and is the only qualified Total Immersion coach in Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside.

Sarah joined the EnterprisingYou programme following a recommendation from her partner to take her business to the next level. We caught up with her to find out how the support has helped her so far.

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Top tips to help you promote your business

Whether you're just starting to market your business or are looking at ways to refresh it, we've collected some top tips to help you.

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Top tips to help manage your finances

Our Finance Specialist, Shahin Chowdhury, has listed his top tips to help improve your finances and get in control of your money.

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