Nottingham Trent University are delivering the Enterprising Ashfield project as part of Ashfield District Council’s successful Government Towns Fund bid and is available to businesses, residents and employees within the Kirkby-in-Ashfield and Sutton-in-Ashfield Towns Fund area. Support available includes the following:

FREE courses – whether that’s supporting individuals to upskill, boost their CVs or running a bespoke course for a group of employees to plug a skills gap.
Start-up grant of £1,000 – one-to-one advice and workshops to help individuals get their new business ideas off the ground.
Growth grant of up to £1,500 – whether you’re a new business looking to develop or an experienced business owner looking to grow further, our 1:1 mentoring and growth grant can help.
Support to innovate – for businesses looking to develop new products or processes, our R&D team can work with you to identify your needs and team you up with experts in the field.
Talent grant of up to £2,500 – free advice and support to help attract high calibre applicants and successfully recruit to graduate positions in your business.
Apprenticeships – our team can work with you to upskill your employees to take up higher level skills through our apprenticeship program. 

For more information visit www.ntu.ac.uk/enterprisingashfield

or email the team at [email protected]