Enterprise week

We are gearing up for a great week here at Blackburn Enterprise Centre supporting business and enterprise in our community.

We are running two free events for businesses, one a drop in centre where you can literally just appear and have a mentoring session with one of our top mentors. This is aimed at those who are looking to start a new business or grow an existing one. The last one was very well attended and people came from a variety of businesses to get free support. The drop in day runs from 11am till 3pm and is held once a month this week on Friday.

Tomorrow we are holding our first business surgery which are meetings which will be held twice a year and will allow business owners to meet the key members of the Blackburn with Darwen Borough council regeneration team. This is your opportunity to discuss the local economy, council strategy and policy and business issues with the people who influence and make decisions. Whilst this is invite only it does give business the opportunities and support and will be held from 10am till 12 pm.

We also support business in Blackburn with Darwen through our Guardian Angels programme which has been running for some time and offers free mentorship to businesses. The stories of how mentoring has turned around some of the businesses are incredible and the success of the scheme rests largely on our pool of experienced business mentors.

Over the year we have supported business in a number of ways offering free programmes and support from coaching to empowering lives and giving back to our mentors through our business events including meals and speakers.

As support for new businesses and those wishing to grow gets more and more difficult to obtain we are pushing ahead with our programmes to ensure that business in our area is supported and strengthened.