Owner of organic, vegan cake company, Cloud Pixie Cakes, wins £500 to jumpstart her business from the NatWest funded Her Biz Start Up Business workshops.

The #StartUpSeptember 2024 campaign has come to an end, making it another successful year for Let’s Do Business Group and making a positive impact on business communities across the South East and East of England.

Following on from the success of this year’s 1066 Business Awards, Let’s Do Business Group have agreed to host them again in 2025, making it bigger and better than the last! Let’s Do Business Group are also delighted to welcome the headline sponsor for next year’s awards ‘FreshOnline’, a digital web design and marketing agency based in Hastings.

Alison Purdy is a Glass and Mirror Designer from Hastings who makes decorative and unique design windows and mirrors. We talked to her about her 25-year business journey and how support from Let’s Do Business Group lit up her path of success.

Owner of NK Calligraphy wins £500 to jumpstart her business from the NatWest funded Her Biz Start Up Business workshops.

The annual campaign which returns each September is back for 2024, bringing free ‘Ask the Expert’ advice sessions on all things business support, as well as events across the region to support businesses this autumn. Bringing together business support organisations from across the South East and East of England, #StartUpSeptember2024 brings a wider offering of support than ever before.

On Thursday 25th July, the team at Let’s Do Business Group swapped our phones and laptops for wellies and gardening gloves to volunteer with the Ore Community Land Trust.

The RISE Hastings programme came to fruition after Hastings Borough Council’s successful bid for UK Shared Prosperity funding in 2022, with the North Hastings area being identified as a location that would benefit from increased investment in business support and local skills.

The new GAIN Growth and Innovation Network has come to Hastings for its first cohort - bringing together business owners and leaders from across the town to learn together and benefit from expert-led sessions and mentoring opportunities.

Owner of Adaptive Motorhome Hire wins £500 to jumpstart her business from the NatWest funded Her Biz Start Up Business workshops.

On Thursday 6th June 2024, Let’s Do Business Group hosted the 1066 Hastings & Rother Business Awards to celebrate its 30th birthday!

A new private fitness facility has recently opened in St Leonards with support from Hastings RISE to receive a Start Up Loan

This year, local business support organisation based in Hastings, Let’s Do Business Group, turns 30 years old! To celebrate three decades of providing business support and training to Start Ups and SMEs across the Southeast and East of England, we’ve brought back the 1066 Business Awards.

Owner of Olmo Nutrition, Tibby King-Smith, wins £500 to jumpstart her business which offers a range of nutritional services for individuals and businesses through the NatWest funded Her Biz business programme

After careful deliberation by its sponsors and the hosts, Let’s Do Business Group the shortlist for the 2024 1066 Business Awards has been compiled.

The free business growth programme which offers a series of bespoke workshops, webinars and 1:1 events – Blueprint for Business – returns for a second year to help businesses in North Essex map out their journey and achieve their goals.

Melinda Adams, Founder of We Click CIC and Director of Incredible Thinks Ltd, wins £500 to jumpstart her businesses which aims to support people facing difficulties in life through the NatWest funded Her Biz business programme 

In January 2024, Let’s Do Business Group were presented with a Bronze Award. This award focusses on building the foundations of a healthy workplace and is a starting point for organisations to improve wellbeing in their workplace or have already begun to implement positive changes.

On Wednesday 24th January, Let’s Do Business Group and other providers of the RISE Hastings programme hosted the first Opportunity Fair at the Broomgrove Community Centre in Hastings – showcasing the support on offer for local residents to gain new skills, start or grow a business, and succeed in the town.

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