Start Up Business Support

This project will aim to encourage entrepreneurial activity across the Solihull and Birmingham local authority geographies, supporting early-stage businesses with the skills and support to enable them to establish their companies here, leading to further growth and development through further mainstream and specialist business support programmes. The project will aim to• support the registered number of startup businesses within the region,• support business survival rates within the region.Enabled through the following:• To enable startups to access relevant support including finance, premises, and skills,• To support startups with a credible business plan and financial forecasting,• To equip entrepreneurs with the leadership and management skills to support their early-stage business,• To facilitate local recruitment, business growth and productivity,• To link to wider mainstream and specialist support across the region to support continued growth + development