Milestones

2020 Social Mission Accomplished

Posted on March 9, 2021March 10, 2021

Economic impact report highlights “new benchmarks set” in YTKO’s support for 50,000+ businesses and disadvantaged entrepreneurs

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Outset Finance celebrates a milestone of £25million of Start Up Loans delivered

Posted on December 15, 2020December 24, 2020

Official delivery partner for the Government’s Start Up Loan Scheme, Outset Finance is marking the significant achievement of providing a total of £25million worth of funding to business start-ups in the past six years.

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GrowSmart launches: Supporting SMEs to strengthen the UK economy

Posted on January 10, 2020October 14, 2020

Recent data from the Office of National Statistics suggests that at the start of 2019 there were over 5.8 million SMEs in the UK, of which 5.6 million of the UK’s SMEs were registered as micro businesses – an indicator that the appeal in developing a business from scratch is far from being in the decline. This evidence...

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Building Growth tackles construction careers in the South West

Posted on August 20, 2019October 14, 2020

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has today announced £1m funding for Building Growth South West, a funded programme to help people explore a career in construction. Led by YTKO the project will take place across the West of England and Greater Exeter regions to support members of the public to explore a career in...

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Award-winning OutSet Start-Up service launches in London

Posted on May 8, 2019October 14, 2020

We are delighted to announce the launch of our first OutSet Start-Up service in London, in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. YTKO has been delivering publicly funded start-up, sustainability and scale-up support since 2003, at local, regional and national levels. Since 2009, our support for early stage businesses (pre-start and up to two years...

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