Scheduled as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week. This is a week of free workshops and events designed to provide inspiration and practical advice for budding entrepreneurships, those with ideas for a business and young businesses.

The workshops and drop-in sessions work together to provide an intensive start-up training camp, or they can be taken individually to increase knowledge in specific areas. There will also be opportunities to meet with local business people who have started up in Blackpool. Events are being held at Blackpool Enterprise Centre and Blackpool Central Library.

The programme includes workshops and guidance on: Turning Your Idea into A Business Painless Financial Planning Finding the Money You Need to Start Up and Looking After It Digital Know How with Lloyds Bank and Google Get Started Personalised 1-2-1 support for you and your business

There will be several opportunities to drop in a talk to our business advisers about your idea or your business

In addition there will an informal networking ‘Start-up Inspirations’ session with Blackpool entrepreneurs