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West Focus Enterprising Business Awards

WestFocus has launched a third round of its successful award scheme for small business owners wishing to grow and add value to their businesses.

Ten winners will receive access to a £10,000 service support fund.  They will also get an opportunity to enrol free on a six-month business support programme worth £1500. 

Winners will be enrolled on a six-month business support programme that will provide them with an opportunity to meet like-minded business owners and discuss the issues facing their businesses, and they will receive input from entrepreneurial experts.  Participants will leave the programme with a plan of action to overcome the obstacles that they have identified as hindering business growth.  Those who will have completed the course will be awarded a Postgraduate Certificate in Enterprise and Innovation in recognition of their work.
 
Throughout the business support programme business owners will be able to access a shared £10,000 fund to pay for the intelligent resources (normally undergraduates/graduates) to support the implementation of a business development strategy.

About the Enterprising Business Awards

Applications for the award scheme are open from 11th September – 14th December 2007.  Application is not onerous; business owners need only complete a simple form.   Short-listed applicants will be interviewed in early January and the winners announced towards the end of the month.  The business support programme will run from late January until June 2008 and will require attendance at Kingston University one half day a month.

To enter, businesses must normally have been trading for three years, employ or intend to employ more than one member of staff and be based in London or the South East.

For more information, contact Jenny Ilsley on 020 8547 8050 or email j.ilsley@kingston.ac.uk  You can also find out more and download an application form from their website.

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