What is Southern Entrepreneurs?

Southern Entrepreneurs is an Eastleigh Borough Council service founded with the objective of encouraging local economic development by helping small businesses in the Hampshire area to start up, and existing small businesses to grow and prosper.

The project is open to sole traders, franchises and businesses employing less than 20 staff. It was established in 2004 and has over 500 members ranging from beauty therapists to psychologists, including retail, manufacturing, service and creative industries to name but a few.

Members can tap into a wealth of professional resources and opportunities including:

-          free training

-          networking events

-          website

-          online business directory

-          monthly magazine

-          support and guidance

Members are contacted regularly about their training needs. The array of free one-day training courses are available on topics ranging from marketing and time management to e-business and Excel databases. For details of training click on "se training"

To ensure its members tap into every available opportunity, Southern Entrepreneurs has strong positive links with all the local business support agencies and promotes local business events. Membership is FREE and you can join on line – just click on “how to join”

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for online business networking and exchange of ideas visit www.networkinglunch.co.uk