GetSet For Growth

“We want to improve the way recruitment is carried out within the industry, making it easier for pilots to present themselves to potential employers,”

During the 2020 pandemic lots of industries were hit quite severely, but for the events industry, the effects were devastating. That was when Bristol Events and Project Manager, Katie Dane, found herself at a crossroads. With a lot of uncertainty ahead, she decided to take the brave steps out into the world of self-employment.

Businesses can now access a range of interactive sessions led by financial experts from The British Business Bank, Let’s Do Business, Finpoint , South East Angels and Innovate UK Edge.

YTKO is delighted that over 230 women were able to enjoy the special events we ran last week around International Women’s Day (IWD) this year!  The taster sessions were organised by teams across a range of programmes including Accelerating Women’s Enterprise, Enterprising Women, Building Growth South West, Outset and GetSet for Growth Ranging from yoga to mindfulness, PR to photography, the…

YTKO has joined forces with innovative legal company, LawBite, to offer a variety of legal services for our Outset, GetSet and Enterprising Women clients.

There are around 5.9m SMEs in UK, 95% of which employ less than 9 people and 75% are sole traders. Despite this flat profile, SMEs account for three fifths of employment and half the turnover of the private sector, estimated at £2.3 trillion. GetSet for Growth is highly tailored for those SMEs who really want grow…

As experts in supporting BaME and women led businesses, YTKO was interested to see what new research from the Enterprise Research Centre, supported by J P Morgan, reported about building resilience in these under-represented entrepreneurial groups. Over half our clients in our Outset and GetSet for Growth services are women, and BaME entrepreneurs are over-represented…

We were delighted recently to have swept the board at the recent Enterprising West of England ‘Ones to Watch 2020’ awards in Bristol, with clients from the GetSet for Growth and Outset programme represented in every category including Female Founder, BAME Leader, Contribution to Community and Young Person in Business. Ones to Watch Awards 2020…