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Start a Business

Help and opportunities for young people looking to start their own business.

Grants and Funding Events - 22 Oct 2026 5:30pm - 6:30pm - online - FREE

Discover funding options to help start your business, including the Young Person’s Start Up Grant. By the end of the week you’ll learn about eligibility, explore finance options, and find support to manage business costs and build a strong financial foundation.

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Grants and Funding Events - 20 Oct 2026 10:30am - 11:30am - online - FREE

Discover funding options to help start your business, including the Young Person’s Start Up Grant. By the end of the week you’ll learn about eligibility, explore finance options, and find support to manage business costs and build a strong financial foundation.

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The King's Trust- Enterprise

Aged 18–30 with a business idea you're passionate about? The King's Trust's free Enterprise programme offers expert workshops, one-to-one support, and funding opportunities to help turn your idea into a successful business.

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Support for Entrepreneurs

The Enterprise and Start-up Team offers support for business start-up, self-employment, and innovation, providing networking, guest speaker events, workshops, and one-to-one advice to develop entrepreneurial skills and ventures.

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Centre for Entrepreneurship

The Centre for Entrepreneurship and our staff are part of a resilient, active, and engaged community. Our mission is to empower you to recognise and develop opportunities to create value.

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Start Up Entrepreneurship Course In Business and Technology

The Alacrity entrepreneurship course combines graduate entrepreneurs with world-class mentors to create the next generation of technology companies.

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Student Enterprise

USW Enterprise, part of USW Careers, supports students and graduates who are interested in developing their enterprise skills, freelancing, starting their own business or social enterprise and want to discuss, develop, test and launch their ideas.

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Find the Business Inside of You

Business Wales is the Welsh Government's fully-funded business support service which helps people to start, run and grow their own businesses.

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BOSS - Business Online Support Service

BOSS is here to help you and your business develop through online learning. Digital courses created by Business Wales' subject experts to support you in successfully starting and running a business.

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Natwest Business Builder

Dive straight in to digital and event-based learning, as well as a community of like-minded individuals, and move your business forward today.

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Business Wales - Big Ideas Wales

Big Ideas Wales is a youth-focused initiative under Business Wales that supports young people in Wales to explore, start, and grow their own businesses.

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Young Person’s Start Up Grant

The Young Person’s Start Up Grant supports young people in Wales who are not in education, employment or training to start a business. It offers up to £2,000 alongside expert advice, webinars and tailored support to build skills, confidence and successful business plans through 2027.

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Cwmpas

Cwmpas is a development agency working for positive change, in Wales and across the UK. A friendly team of advisers can offer expert help and support across a wide range of areas to help you get started with a Busines

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