Entrepreneurs Flying High in Somerset and Wiltshire!
On 28th February the FSB in Somerset and Wiltshire launched a national campaign ‘Championing the UKs Real-Life Entrepreneurs' with a sell-out roadshow at the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Somerset. The museum created an awesome and inspirational backdrop for the occasion.
Hannah Jones from FSB Swindon (Photo by John Rose Photography)
An audience of 100 established and budding entrepreneurs joined in with an entertaining and highly motivating presentation from serial entrepreneur and best-selling business author and mentor, Mike Southon "The Beermat Entrepreneur".
Mike used his mentoring experiences and material from his best-selling books to give tips on how to increase routes to finance and improve cash-flow, how to reduce and simplify business tax and adopt a new approach to regulation. He also suggested ways to open up export markets and incentivise job creation – and do all this and still enjoy life!
The FSB recognises and supports local businesses who, through the spirit of entrepreneurship, have set-up and grown a business, or want to get started. As part of the campaign, the FSB aims to encourage Government to bring in policies to remove burdens small firms' face setting up and growing their business, and various activities to profile and support entrepreneurs will be organised throughout the area.
Six local Real-Life Entrepreneurs showcased their businesses and their entrepreneur experiences. We invited each of them to share a top tip for anyone thinking of starting a business.
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Mary Mallia, FSB Development Manager, said:
"We have enjoyed an excellent presentation from Mike to kick-start our campaign, which will spotlight the many opportunities for existing and future entrepreneurs. Thank you to everyone who has helped make this such a success.
"I am particularly delighted that two of our campaign partner organisations have been able to celebrate the strong spirit of entrepreneurship in Somerset and Wiltshire with us – PRIME and Young Enterprise. Both are working hard to help our entrepreneurs to develop their own ideas into thriving businesses for the future.
"The FSB represents Real-Life Entrepreneurs across every sector of the economy and every section of society. While the culture of celebrity entrepreneurs will have spurred people into starting a business, more needs to be done to make it easier for people to do this, and we are doing it!"
Thank you to Mandy Woolford from John Rose Photography for the photos
and Ian Cray from Maiden Videos for the video - coming soon