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USW’s award-winning Startup Stiwdio is returning to Newport in September,
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Entrepreneurs from the Newport area who operate in the creative sector are being offered access to free business development programmes.
The programme is in partnership with Welsh ICE – the Innovation Centre for Enterprise – who have been awarded funding from Newport City Council via the UK Government to run business startup programmes across the city in partnership with other local organisations.
Offering free business development and coaching for anyone thinking of starting a new business in the creative sector or wanting to become a freelancer in the creative industries.
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The programmes are open to anyone living in or wanting to start their business in Newport, and you don’t need to be a graduate of USW to join.
Richie Turner, Startup Stiwdio Manager said: “I am really pleased that we have secured continued funding to enable us to extend the Creative Business Network in Newport, after its successful pilot in 2023; which was funded by Creative Cardiff. Newport already has a thriving independent creative scene, and we hope that through equipping people and communities in the city to start new creative businesses and careers, USW can continue to add to this high growth sector.”
The sessions will run on a Thursday (between 9.30am and 3pm) and include a business development programme and 1-2-1 mentoring. In addition, participants can then base their business in USW’s new Startup Stiwdio incubator in the city centre campus, benefitting from extensive business networks across South Wales.
- Networking with new contacts in the area
- Sparking new ideas
- Startup support from University of South Wales’s Startup Stiwdio in its Newport campus
- Set up new collaborations and projects
- Places limited- apply now
inquiries
If you’d like to join our Development Programme please sign up here
and Complete the Equality / Diversity survey
If you have any questions, please email : stiwdio@southwales.ac.uk with the subject “Creative business development programme” for an informal discussion
