A UK campaign to search for budding entrepreneurs is heading to Cardiff.
The StartUp Britain campaign bus will be in Cardiff on Monday August 22 at the top of the Churchill Way junction with Queen Street from 1pm until 4pm.
StartUp Britain is a major enterprise initiative for entrepreneurs and will carry out a bus tour of some of the UK’s entrepreneurial hot spots in a bid to celebrate, inspire and accelerate Britain’s start-up talent.
Throughout August and September, the StartUp Britain bus will visit 14 locations across the country with the aim of encouraging more people to start and grow their own business.
The campaign team for StartUp Britain will travel on the bus, complete with experts, mentors, entrepreneurs and small business authors, to locations including Brighton, Cardiff, Cambridge, Birmingham, Sheffield and York. Once on board the bus, entrepreneurs will receive mentoring, business advice and take part in speed networking sessions from successful entrepreneurs and business leaders.
The StartUp Britain campaign shines a spotlight on the vast array of business support that is available online. The organisation is backed by a number of companies who have pledged their support to Britain’s budding entrepreneurs and small business owners. The tour will be joined by StartUp Britain’s founding sponsors: AXA, Barclays, Dell, Intel, Intuit, Microsoft, MITIE and PayPal, who will each be giving specialist business advice and discounts to entrepreneurs across the UK.
Councillor Neil McEvoy, Deputy Leader of Cardiff Council with responsibility for Economic Development, said: “Small businesses in Cardiff are so important in contributing to the development of the city’s economy and a campaign such as StartUp Britain is a wonderful opportunity for our new starts and entrepreneurs to benefit from, especially in such a difficult economic climate. I’d like to thank the organisers for coming to Cardiff and providing a unique opportunity and I would encourage businesses and entrepreneurs go along and meet the StartUp Cardiff campaign team.”
Richard Thomas, Managing Director of Cardiff & Co, said: “This visit is a fantastic opportunity for Cardiff’s budding entrepreneurs to gain the vital advice and guidance they need to develop their business ideas. In the current climate, businesses need as much support as they can get and by inviting the bus tour here, we are demonstrating one of the many ways that we can assist in supporting Cardiff’s business development growth.”
For more details and to register interest in boarding the bus, please visit the campaign website at http://www.startupbritain.org/summerbustour/
