Help to start and run your own business
PeoplePlus ran the New Enterprise Allowance (NEA) programme successfully until the contract ended in 2022. It was a programme that provided mentoring, advice and financial support to those in receipt of benefits who want to start a business.
While this programme is no longer taking new referrals, we were proud to have a considerable impact on over 100,000 people for whom we helped to set up in business.
The programme helped with:
- Business planning
- Legal matters
- Finance
- Marketing
- Health and wellbeing
- Resilience
- Start-up courses
The programme was delivered in:
- Greater Manchester
- Cheshire
- Birmingham
- Black Country and Solihull
- Bath
- Gloucestershire
- Bristol
- Devon & Cornwall
- Somerset
- Milton Keynes
- Oxfordshire
- Frome
- Scotland
Hear how the NEA Changed Amanda's Life
