Throughout the month long Start Up September campaign, Let’s Do Business Group, based in Hastings, shared the wide variety of support available for aspiring entrepreneurs in the South East and East of England, via free workshops and consultation clinics.

At Let’s Do Business Group, we support anyone that wishes to take the leap and change their trajectory in life, through a range of services such as 1-2-1 business support, to free workshops, and advice to help you bring your business idea to life.

Between 500-700,000 new businesses are launched in the UK each year - but what the statistics don’t show are the barriers which these budding business owners overcome on their journey to making their idea a successful enterprise.

Let’s Do Business Group have been delighted to take part in the recent project which came to an end in July 2022, which marked two successful years of delivering free support to local entrepreneurs and businesses that wanted to take their ideas to the next level.

Breathing new life into your wardrobe: owner of The Revival Consignment Boutique Jackie Hitchins wins £500 to launch through Her Biz programme

Spanish on Sea, the town’s new Spanish language school, brings a range of courses to anyone that wants to brush up on their Español or learn a new language in their new hub in Hastings Town’s Creative Media Centre.

With the great resignation currently underway, it has never been more vital for employers to keep their employees engaged and happy in the workplace. The key to any successful business is the team that is working tirelessly behind the scenes.

Personality Behavioural Profiler and Achievements Life Coach, Dawn Evans, of Discover Yourself Coaching, explains how the support from Let’s Do Business Group has helped her fulfil her dream of starting her own business.

Raise a toast: mobile bar company Sloe Drinks flourishes with support from the CHART project

On the 18th of June 2022, colleagues from the Let’s Do Business Group located in St Leonards, came together to complete the ‘Pier-to-Pier’ walk, raising money for ‘Stand Up to Cancer’ as well as local charity ‘St Michaels Hospice’.

Healthy food, healthy life: owner of nutritious food outlet Oatmeals Kizzy Barton wins £500 to launch from the Her Biz programme

Latest My Biz competition winner Steph Amor aims to create St Leonards destination for pampering and wellness with stylish salon Hair & Amor.

Let’s Do Business Group’s Emily Wright has been shortlisted as a finalist for ‘Young Professional of the Year’ at the 2022 Dynamic Business Awards!

My Biz Start Up business workshop participant and recent winner, Trudy Golding, aims to launch a platform that will provide solutions to everyday health concerns with natural products and alternatives sourced from small businesses in the UK.

Hooked on knitting: owner of specialist knitting store ‘Flock’ Harriet Couchman wins £500 to launch after winning Her Biz business plan competition

On the 18th of June 2022, the Let’s Do Business Group team aim to complete the ‘Pier-to-Pier’ walk from Hastings pier to Eastbourne pier, in a fundraising effort for local charity St Michael’s Hospice and the Cancer Research campaign Stand Up To Cancer.

Tucked away on the outskirts of Hastings Town Centre, The Yard on Waterworks Road is a colourful and re-purposed industrial space, which harbours an ever-growing community of over 40 creative businesses.

NatWest, the funding partner behind the Her Biz support programme contract, which was due to end Spring 2022, has confirmed that they will fund the initiative for another year.

Cake Maker Katja from Katja’s Cakes based at The Yard, Hastings explains how she has been able to organise her business and find her worth with the support of the CHART programme and Let’s Do Business Group.

For International Women’s Day this year, we wanted to highlight some of the women who, across our range of projects in the South East and East of England, inspire us with their skill and motivation in business.