Ignite your Entrepreneurial Spark with a free business accelerator

Start-ups and scale-ups can access mentoring, events and investment opportunities on a free 6 month course with Entrepreneurial Spark.

Entrepreneurial Spark offers a specialist ‘enablement programme’ for entrepreneurs looking to either start a business or expand their existing business - absolutely free of charge. As part of the programme, successful applicants will receive specialist mentoring, access to internal and external events, investment opportunities and support with pitching to make their business investable.

Take a tour of the Entrepreneurial Spark office space

Successful applicants will be based at an office location where they can access all of this support.  Entrepreneurial Spark is hosting a tour of its Milton Keynes office where you could be based if successful with your application.

Impact of Entrepreneurial Spark

Companies supported by Entrepreneurial Spark in 2014 collectively:

  • Turned over £41million
  • Raised £18million in funds
  • Created 1,028 jobs
  • Filed for 386 patents/trademarks/franchises

Get more information on Entrepreneurial Spark here >

Support from Buckinghamshire Business First

If you are starting a business, you can access a wealth of information on what you need to do and how to go about it.

If you want to grow your business, there's plenty of information for you too. Check out all the advice on accessing new markets, maximising digital, developing new ideas - and much more.

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