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Business leader bootcamp aims to keep entrepreneurs in shape

BUDDING entrepreneurs are being asked to use their brain power rather than their physical prowess to benefit from a unique kind of boot camp.

The business boot camps have been created by Newcastle-based Enterprise Made Simple, which came up with the idea of running an intensive weekend where people with a potentially high growth company could benefit from expert advice and support.

The free sessions, which have been organised with the financial support of the European Union’s ERDF Competitiveness Programme 2007 – 2013 and Newcastle City Council, will run over two weekends in November and competition for the limited places is expected to be fierce.

Andrea Clarke of EMS said the camps would offer a rare opportunity for business people to get a whole host of valuable advice and information over one weekend.

“People know all about boot camps but they usually associate them with physical activity,” she said.

“This is much more about exercising the brain and giving them the opportunity to get advice and information, face challenges and take part in team building exercises.”

The residential weekends will be held at the Calvert Trust’s outdoor activity centre at Keilder on November 19 and November 26, with places limited to 12 at each session.

The boot camps are aimed at start-up companies or organisations which are or will be VAT registered and employ staff and must be based in the Newcastle area.

For more information call Enterprise Made Simple on 0800 988 7122.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .