Do You Have a Business Idea?

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The SPEED Plus project will provide you with
expert help and a comprehensive support package
to make your business happen. To check out the
application deadline dates and for a downloadable
application form please visit www.beinspiredats
taffs.co.uk
The Enterprise team can be contacted
at   Staffordshire University The Octagon,
Beaconside Stafford. ST18 0AD www.beinspiredatsta
ffs.co.uk   dot_at_staffs.ac.uk 01785 353
809 The programme has made me recognise
that I can follow my dream and realise
it! Jacqueline Harold Jacqueline Harold
Designs www.jacquelineharold.com
Do You Have a Business Idea?
We can help you develop and fund your idea into
a reality
The continual support and advice have been
invaluable, and having the finances to buy
essential equipment has made starting the
business possible. Charis Jones Sculpted
Steel www.sculptedsteel.co.uk
www.beinspiredatstaffs.co.uk
www.beinspiredatstaffs.co.uk
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• What is
• SPEED Plus is a European Regional Development
  Funded (ERDF) project aiming to help Graduates to
  start their own businesses and to support their
  growth in the West Midlands region.
• Access to the project is a competitive process,
  so candidates will need to demonstrate that they
• Are able to dedicate the time required to develop
  their business idea
• Have the ambition, determination, creativity and
  desire to make it happen
• Have a proven market need for their business idea
• Can show the growth potential of the business
  proposal

• Previous Businesses Supported
• These are just a few of the business types we
  have supported
• Consultancy
• Dance academy
• Data destruction
• Designer making
• - ceramics
• - jewellery
• - sculpting
• - silversmithing
• - surface pattern
• Film Production
• Graphic design
• Ice cream production
• Parking enforcement
• Music production
• PR Branding

• Project Package
• This project offers the following
• Advice, Guidance Signposting
• Networking Opportunities Benefits
• Business Clubs
• Business Consultancy Programme
• Business Development Workshops
• Financial Support
• If you are a post graduate student, our schemes
  can be undertaken part time alongside studies .
• Maximum of four team members
• Eligibility Criteria - You must be
• A graduate or post graduate
• A pre-start (no trading or company registration
  undertaken)
• based in the West Midlands (Business)
• A UK or EU citizen a member of the EEA or have
  indefinite leave to remain in the UK

Think youve got what it takes? Then read on
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