{"id":56419,"date":"2022-05-30T14:35:57","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T13:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/?p=56419"},"modified":"2022-05-31T11:29:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T10:29:24","slug":"support-for-people-facing-barriers-to-business-launches-in-north-devon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/support-for-people-facing-barriers-to-business-launches-in-north-devon\/","title":{"rendered":"Support for people facing barriers to business launches in North Devon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>A new, fully-funded bursary for people who face barriers to starting a business has been launched across North Devon.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Square One is an initiative funded and run by coworking and small business experts, <a href=\"https:\/\/thetownsquare.co.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Town Square Spaces Ltd (TownSq)<\/a>, which also operates the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nodecowork.co.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Node Cowork business hub<\/a>, where the support will be based.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The support package contains everything an individual needs to start and grow a business, including full-time desk space with high-speed internet access for three months, one-to-one business support, bi-weekly check-in and goal setting sessions, enrolment into the expert-led Startup Club programme and access to networking and special events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be eligible, individuals need to be either pre-start or within their first two years of trading, be within a short commute of Node in Barnstaple and they must feel they face a barrier to starting their business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Julian Dymond, Community Manager at TownSq,<\/strong> said they hope the bursary will encourage those who might not usually take the leap, to consider entrepreneurship. \u201cStarting a business is not always about growing an empire and becoming a household name. For many, owning their own business is just about earning a decent living, doing something they love at a schedule that suits them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHowever, starting a business can be tough and there are many barriers, be they financial, time or simply space to work. It can also be hard to know where to begin &#8211; that\u2019s where working around people who have already solved the very challenges you are facing can become an invaluable advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019d encourage anyone who has recently launched or has the desire to start a business but is struggling to put the pieces together, to get in touch with us and see how we can help.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, or to apply for the bursary you can go to <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.thetownsquare.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/squareoneoverview.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">townsq.co.uk\/squareone<\/a>, call 01271 452 442 or email <a href=\"mailto:barnstaple@townsq.co.uk\">barnstaple@townsq.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[22,24],"tags":[256,1011],"class_list":["post-56419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-economy-and-skills","category-dcc-homepage","tag-business-and-economy","tag-node-enterprise-centre"],"acf":[],"featured_image":false,"category_priority":false,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2028-05-17 05:04:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56419"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56433,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56419\/revisions\/56433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}