The NOW North East Programme

These FREE Business Link workshops are being provided on a first come first served basis to those who have the ambition and idea to start their own business and take it from concept to reality.

Depending on the quality of your business idea and the level of resource and capacity you have to start, progress and grow your business, you may also qualify to take an entrepreneur profiler test. This will assess your entrepreneurial competence and identify areas of development that will help you in making your business a success.

All workshops will last 3 hours and will be delivered in the morning or late afternoon at convenient locations across the region. They will cover a range of vital business issues, address key business skills and give you the opportunity to:

The workshops have been designed with potential entrepreneurs in mind and you can participate in as many or as few as you like.

To aid networking and to help you to learn as much as possible from other attendees, we are aiming for attendance of between 6 and 15 entrepreneurs per workshop.

The following workshops are available:

Refreshments and finger buffet will be provided.