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Stocksfield entrepreneur expanding to Italy

North East events manager, Heather Williams, is expanding her business knowledge by working in Italy for two months, on a cross border exchange programme.

Heather, from Stocksfield, is managing director of Talking Point Events and has joined the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs Programme which will see her working in Florence, Italy to unlock new skills.

The North East Business and Innovation Centre (BIC) are the local contact point for the programme and have already witnessed five successful applicants develop working relationships with an EU business.

Heather is hoping that the experience will enhance her own skills and enable her to offer more to clients with her own business, Talking Point Events, where she organises events for a clients.

Heather will be flying to FLorence from October to December and will hope to make international connections during this time.

Heather’s business mentor Louise Hardy, said: “It is always exciting to see another client venture into the unknown to gain experiences that will ultimately help their own business.

The programme is a win win collaboration, acquiring knowledge about foreign markets not to mention the networking opportunities to be had in another country.“

Heather said: “I have always wanted to increase my awareness and knowledge of working in a foreign country and I am looking forward to seeing how their event planning differs.”