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Cheshire businesses offered free expert guidance

Warrington & Co have teamed up with industry professional Harold Sharples to offer new businesses guidance and advice in a series of free workshops throughout October.

The newly launched scheme, called Warrington Lift Off, debuts with two special taster sessions at Warrington Town Hall on Wednesday 25 September.

The sessions will be from 10am-12 noon and 6-8pm and budding entrepreneurs are encouraged to attend.

Steve Park, managing director of Warrington & Co, has played a key role in getting the project underway in Warrington . Steve said: “This is great news for our local business economy and without a doubt new start-up businesses are very much the life blood of a flourishing business community – and that’s as true here in Warrington as anywhere.”

“It can be challenging for people to be confident that they can get their new business going – and by attending one of these special events they can find out all about a special 10 week programme, which will offer all the vital advice and guidance they need to ensure they have a successful business for the future.”

The Warrington Lift Off programme consists of eight one day workshops each Thursday from October 10 at the International Business Centre, Westbrook.

Steve added: “We are delighted to be piloting this very special initiative here in our borough. We very much want to see more and more new start-up businesses and, of course, we want these start-ups to succeed and grow for their entrepreneurial owners.”

The ‘Warrington Lift Off’ workshops are fronted by former European Businessman of the Year winner, Harold Sharples, who lives in nearby High Legh from where he operates the unique New Business Hatchery charity formed to help try to counteract the failure of too many new businesses.

Harold said: “New businesses will succeed if they are planned to operate in the right way. The Warrington ‘Lift Off’ initiative that I shall run here in this Borough is absolutely wonderful news for all those thinking of starting a new business. Come and join these workshops and get lift off for your new business. I am so looking forward to boosting enterprise here in Warrington .

“The whole country needs successful and sustainable new businesses – my programme can help ensure that happens – and how excellent it is that we’ll show just how it can done here in Warrington first. I am looking forward to helping new business ‘pioneers’ and have the perfect start for the new businesses that they deserve.”

Those attending the taster events will be able to meet Harold Sharples for a special consultation discussion afterwards and can enrol onto the workshop programme after the taster events.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Simon Malia .