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Peer groups & pizza ovens
By Andrew Marran on 9th May 2007I just had a great meeting with a consultant over a Starbucks coffee to talk about how Business Link want to work more closely with local further education colleges. We really do want to engage more with potential entrepreneurs - whether they're on hairdressing courses or any other course that could mean starting their own enterprise - and we want to make sure that these students are thinking broadly as about the possibilities open to them if they have a good business
People with a passion
By Andrew Marran on 23rd Mar 2007As an advisor for Business Link I meet a lot of entrepreneurs in the very early stages of starting their own business, especially ‘high-growth' start ups. We're talking businesses which hope to make £1 million within the first three years of starting up - quite an exciting and daunting prospect! It's amazing that some new businesses manage to turn over £2 million in just 2 years, as was with one case this year. My job is to talk to the people with such
