Starting a business can be rewarding and invigorating, but it can also be risky and challenging. The survival rate for start-ups is low - it is estimated that up to one-third of new business fail in their first year. However, the good news is that many new starts do survive and those that seek support have an even better chance of success..
Veterans Enterprise UK
Do you see yourself as an entrepreneur?
Do you want to start your own Business? But have significant problems in raising funds.
Are you enthusiastic about Business?
Have you got an idea for a business? That you think would make a difference to people in your local community? Or a lifestyle Business that could help people too improve they're Community? or any other type of business?
If the answer is yes to any of these questions above, then you should get in touch with the Veteran's Enterprise UK team.
We are specialists in a business startup. We ensure that you get honest Support from our business advisors.
If you're living in Wales, economically inactive, or unemployed, or if you to 18 and 25 and you're not in education or training. We have a grant available to help you start your Business.
This grant can be used for training, equipment and to get you on the road to your next venture.
Just click on the red button below to take the next step into starting your own enterprise.
Good luck, and we will see you on the other side.
Barriers To Start Up Grant
The Barriers To Start Up Grant is a £1million fund to enable economically inactive, unemployed individuals and young people not in education, employment or training to start their own business.
A grant of up to £2,000 is available to help individuals overcome barriers to starting a business. The grant will come as a part of a package of support that will include one-to-one advice and webinars to build confidence in business practices and develop plans for starting a business.
If successful, applicants will also be expected to consider the role they play in adopting our values of equality and sustainability in the running of their new business.
The Barriers To Start Up grant is available NOW
Referring to the findings of the Veterans Scoping Exercise in Wales and the Strategy for our Veterans, where the consultation identified a range of relevant issues relating to Employment, Education and Skills.
One of the key issues identified was for Veterans to enter appropriate employment and to continue to enhance their careers throughout their working lives. 64.80% of Veterans stated this area requires improvement.
• Civilian employers to better recognise the skill set of Armed Forces Community.
• Work with Service leavers to identify skills gaps locally and tailor training to these.
• Translating qualifications gained in service into the civilian workplace is needed.
Armed Forces personnel are highly skilled/trained, and unfortunately, a high number of leavers find themselves in employment where they are underutilising their skills.
There is already a lot of focus on helping Veterans to find employment. However, we intend to focus on Entrepreneurship and Self Employment. These individuals have skills that are easily transferrable into viable businesses.
This Program will deliver £2000 Grant funding and provide business advice and support to start up Busnesses that will be registered in Wales, Including:
- Support and advise with Funding.
- Access to 1-2-1 support, workshops, webinars & our library of information guides
- Access to other Welsh government funded support via Big Ideas Wales, Social Business Wales and Superfast Business Wales.
So, what are you waiting for if you have an idea to start up your own enterprise please get in touch to see what we can do.
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What can i expect from the Program
This program will help service leavers and veterans who wish to open their own business.
The programme is fully funded by Business Wales with support from The British Training Board.
The program is designed to enable a service leaver or veteran who wants to start their own enterprise to be given the support and guidance, also access to mentors, business professionals as well as products and services to help make what is a difficult process of starting a business as straight forward as possible.
Starting a business is not a nine to five job or easy, if it was everybody would be doing it, but it takes a certain mindset to be an entrepreneur and also a good support team to help you achieve your goal.
We at Veteran’s Enterprise UK are here to deliver all the support available. We have partnered up with different support Organisation to help you avoid the pitfalls that most businesses encounter in the early stages.
Our Partners
We at the British Training Board couldn’t do half of the projects that we deliver without the support of our Partner Organisations that are dedicated to helping the Military family to achieve the goals of moving back into civilian life.
The support we have received for this program has been overwhelming. Below are some of the Organisations who are allowing us to bring this program to you and are there for ongoing support during the whole life of your business and are with you at the early stage to get you up and running with the minimum of fuss and priceless support form trusted products and services. The partners have been chosen for their unique skill set and will also be on hand at the launch event to give you a taste of what they can do for you and your new Enterprise.
We only use quality assured partners to deliver our provision.
A brief Bio on our main partner organisations can be found below:
PHP are Chartered Insurance brokers serving clients across the UK.
Our culture and ethos is all about working with our customers large or small, our aim is to help them manage the risks that running a business creates on a daily basis.
The business was formed in 2002 when the founders recognised a demand for a skilled brokerage to meet the requirements of businesses in a variety of industry sectors.
Unlike web or call centre insurance models, we are able to deploy considerable experience in pointing out how to protect your business against the risks it faces.
At PHP we believe in making the best of professional advice and support available to all customers regardless of their size, sector or location. Insurance is a complex purchase, yet the importance of choosing the right policy is critical.
Only with the support of competent staff can you make the right decision on your insurance cover.
Our role is to discuss your business risks and discuss the importance of insurance protection.
This approach is an educational approach rather than a sales one.
We are not here to promote unnecessary products which may sound obvious but given the reputational damage the finance sector has and continues to endure, we feel this is important to emphasise.
Andrew Ball MAAT and Paula Robinson MAAT are the directors of SA1 Accountants Limited.
We pride ourselves on our customer-focused, honest service.
We live together and work in unison to provide a comprehensive, friendly and flexible service to our valued clients.
Every Company has a legal requirement to complete Companies House administration on an annual basis.
We can act as a registered office and ensure that your company remains fully compliant.
Bookkeeping involves recording the day to day transactions of the business so that a profit and loss account can be prepared at regular intervals during the year and at year-end.
We will provide you with a list of documents you must keep in order for us to carry out your bookkeeping function. accounting records can be prepared monthly, quarterly- six. monthly or on an annual basis.
We recommend that you provide us with this information on a monthly basis so that we can keep your accounting records up to date to provide you with meaningful reviews at regular intervals to monitor your company’s performance.
With a nursing background, Wendy Dearing holds an MSc in Change & Innovation, and a Professorship in Applied Practice in recognition of her expertise and knowledge in championing professionalism in technology and information.
She has recently been appointed Dean of the Institute of Management and Health at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
Prior to her new role, Wendy was Head of Workforce and Organisational Development within the NHS Wales Informatics Service, overseeing workforce strategy; workforce planning; recruitment and retention; professional recognition and registration; education and training; career pathways & CPD.
In 2016 she was instrumental in creating Wales Institute of Digital Information (WIDI) to support the development and implementation of Health informatics Apprenticeships and other learning programmes. WIDI has now grown to include research, development and supporting innovation within its portfolio.
Wendy is a Fellow of the British Computer Society (BCS), Vice-Chair for professionalism and is on the board of Federation of Informatics Professionals (Fed-IP) as well as holding Leading Practitioner status.
She has a passion for developing “the next generation” as well as developing professionalism across Health Informatics.
Veterans TV has been helping Veterans who have set up their own businesses in the way of interviews.
These Interviews are free for all Veteran Owned Businesses.
They are recorded and then premiered on the Veterans TV Channel for our audience to see.
These interviews aim to promote these Veteran Owned businesses and show the community that the transition to Civilian Life is achievable, and there is help there.
