SOME of Plymouth’s newest micro businesses have had the opportunity to explain their plans to one of the Euro MPs that represent the city.
Ten enterprises met Giles Chichester, the Tory MEP for South West England and Gibraltar, at the offices of start-up support organisation Outset Plymouth.
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ENTRPRENEURS: Sir Giles Chichester MEP (seated, second from left) visits Outset Plymouth to meet the team and new Plymouth businesses
Mr Chichester was last year elected as a temporary vice president of the European Parliament. The businesses, each of which was only created during the past 18 months, included Glamour Icons, Mrs Duster Buster, Green Lotus Holistic Healing, Chocobloc, Plymouth Training and Consultancy, Rank Success, Roots and Branches, Happy Signers, Timary Spice, and Aspire.
Mr Chichester said: “I am absolutely delighted to see the fantastic support Outset is delivering for new and existing businesses and to meet some of them.”
Kevin Kelway, marketing executive at Outset Plymouth, said that in the past18 months Outset has helped support 77 new businesses, with more than 60 per cent of those involved being unemployed before becoming entrepreneurs.
Rob Guy, business advisor for Outset Plymouth’s sister organisation Outset Finance, said: “Outset Finance has helped its clients raise over £300,000 from a variety of funding sources to either start up, or expand their businesses.”
Outset Plymouth and Outset Finance are part of a £1.2million programme funded by the European Regional Development Fund and Plymouth City Council to support people looking to go into self-employment.
For information: www.outsetplymouth.co.uk.
