15 places are available in the new programme which will include a number of masterclasses, a Business Challenge session and one-to-one mentoring.<\/p>\n
The programme is funded by the council, Invest NI and the European Regional Development Fund under the European Sustainable Competitiveness Programme for Northern Ireland. To apply for a place, people should contact the council\u2019s Economic Development Unit on 028 9027 0229 or email lynnr@belfastcity.gov.uk<\/a><\/p>\n Budding entrepreneurs in the Belfast area thinking of starting their own business can also get advice and support through an upcoming enterprise event – `Start Up Belfast` – organised by the council.<\/p>\n \u2018Start Up Belfast\u2019 will be a \u2018one-stop shop\u2019 event with a business advice clinic, workshops, networking opportunities and exhibitions from business support organisations. It will take place in the Holiday Inn, Ormeau Avenue next Wednesday (20 June) from 9am- 2.15pm.<\/p>\n Attendees to the event will get the chance to find out more about \u2018Getting Started\u2019; \u2018 Financing Your Business\u2019; \u2018Top Tips for Marketing Your Business\u2019; using Social Media to promote your business and \u2018Selling Online\u2019 and what not to do.<\/p>\n For further information or to register for the event, contact the council\u2019s Economic Development Unit on 028 9027 0229<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Belfast City Council is running a new business programme and hosting an upcoming event for aspiring entrepreneurs. The High Growth Pre-Enterprise Programme will offer support on setting up and building a business and assistance in areas such as finance, sales, marketing and product development. 15 places are available in the new programme which will include … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4606"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4606"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4607,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4606\/revisions\/4607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}