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Access to Business was featured on ITV Central News to promote our new eBay training courses!

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It was great to welcome ITV News Correspondent Andy Bevan to Access to Business when he came along to film one of our eBay training sessions.

It's really exciting times for us to be part of the online business revolution with Black Country Small Businesses leading the way and Access to Business being the UK's first official Retail Revival eBay training centre!

Thank you to Andy (@andybevanitv) for including us in your ITV news report on Thursday 16th January 2020!

Call us to find out about our wide range of training services, employability support and guidance to set up your own business.

It was really lovely to have our Client, Bal Samra join us for our ITV News filmed eBay training session. Bal came along with some of her wonderful products that she will be selling on eBay as soon as she had completed her eBay training course with us. Great products Bal and we wish you every success with your fabulous business, Flamingo Events (Instagram: flamingo_events01).

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For more information on our eBay courses call 01902 572 397 to see what you can do to better your business.

Do you want to be featured as a success story on our website? If you’re already an existing client with Access to Business ask your adviser for more details.

If you’d like to become a client with us and benefit from our wide range of services, book your place on one of our Information Sessions and find out which project is better suited for you!

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WEST Project

Women's Enterprise Skills Training

The WEST Project

Access to Business is launching a new programme to support disadvantaged women in their efforts to start their own enterprises.

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The WEST Project

Access to Business have teamed up with NatWest Bank to support more women to start a business.

Women’s Enterprise Skills Training (WEST) Midland Project will see 200 women from across Wolverhampton and Dudley take part in a one-day workshop to get them thinking about business and build their confidence.

The project will also support women with coaching, mentoring and collaboration to help them succeed, and will be followed by monthly networking events to help them develop their business ideas further.

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The Project Details

West Enterprise Skills Training

The programme will cover subjects such as business budgeting, marketing and social media use, ensuring your business is legal, access to networking and business support organisations, and financing your business.

Access to Business is partnering with NatWest for a session about crowdfunding and how this type of funding can benefit new businesses. Earlier this year NatWest launched its Back Her Business Crowdfunder which aims to assist female-led businesses in their crowdfunding efforts as part of the bank’s wider ambition to reduce the gender gap associated with women starting their own businesses.

It is hoped that by the end of the one-year programme, 20 new businesses will be created.

The first in a series of our WEST (Women’s Enterprise Skills Training) workshops highlighted the opportunities on how to raise money for a new business through crowdfunding via Back Her Business: 👉 natwestbackherbusiness.co.uk

“The WEST programme is for women from all backgrounds. They may be struggling to find a job or are simply needing a bit of support to get their business going. They may be single parents or women with a lack of confidence for various reasons. We want to give them that confidence to take that next step and join the business world.”

Josie Kelly

CEO, Access to Business

“Access to Business is a fantastic charity that is doing some incredibly work across the Wolverhampton and the Black Country. The WEST programme is an exciting project that has been specifically designed to help women gain confidence and build new businesses which will no doubt benefit the communities they operate in. We are delighted to work with them as part of our Back Her Business Crowdfunder and look forward to seeing how these businesses develop.”

Harinder Kunor

Business Growth Enabler, NatWest

The Project Details

For Further Information

For more information on the WEST project contact Carol Slater or Carol Taylor at Access to Business on 01902 572397, or alternatively email at carole@access2business.co.uk or carol.slater@access2business.co.uk.

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International Women’s Day 2017!

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International Women's Day 2017!

Access to Business and SWEDA together with over 50 women business owners celebrated International Women’s Day at The Ramada Park Hall Hotel in Wolverhampton.

Women's Day 2017

Celebrating Women Progressing in Self-Employment

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International Women's Day

An invitation was given for the ladies enjoy a guided tour of the hotels facilities, followed by networking and a buffet lunch.

The audience was then inspired by a lively and informative panel of guest speakers included – Angela Bir –Owner of Ramada Park Hall Hotel, Julie Wall 3degrees Social, Lisa Smith (Prepared PR) Natalie Cutler (Writer/Actor) and Sarah Ellen (Sarah Ellen Designs).

This gave an opportunity for the Women to gain further information on the essential advice and guidance and training available to both start and grow their businesses.