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To be honest, I hate events like this. But upon arriving, I was immediately put at ease. After sitting down at a lonely table, I got myself comfortable. Then more people arrived, and someone came to my table and held out his hand to greet me. Once it all got started it actually turned out to be one of the best decisions I made. I was eventually able to talk to multiple people about my business and their ideas as well. That was just day one! More recently, I have been in touch with one of the ...

great advice and networking with other local companies would recommend first to any new start up business in the area

I had the most fantastic time on the two day event, it was highly interesting , the speakers passed on some great knowledge of their experiences, I felt I learned so much about marketing and funding which were the areas I was most interested in, and came away feeling a lot more confident and clear about what’s next on my own journey, I connected with loads of new people on the course so walked away with extended help. Overall I had the best two days we were also well looked after very well ...

FIRST are a fantastic team, always positive and supportive. I attended a course over lockdown (Level 1 in Understanding Enterprise) - the content was great, the interaction within the group was brilliant, i made a whole new group of friends just over zoom and it helped me to gain confidence in myself and my ambitions. We need more uplifting organisations like this. Thank you FIRST!

I did the Understanding Enterprise module through lockdown and despite the team having to do it remotely there has been no lack of support. Although I was already trading when I signed up I still feel like I learnt a good amount of new skills and met some phenomenal new people.