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Budding entrepreneurs in the Humber are to be given a free helping hand to get their ventures off the ground.

A new Start Up Support Service has been launched by the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership’s Business Growth Hub.

Designed for anyone who is thinking about starting up their own business - or those operating for less than a year - it offers one-to-one advisor support, workshops, master classes, peer networking and sounding boards.

An experienced team will help shape business plans around ideas, covering essential actions needed to launch.

It comes as organisations look to mitigate rising unemployment with the prospect of many going alone.

Jon Brunton, Humber Growth Hub manager, said: “We’re really pleased to launch our Start Up Support Service across the Humber; providing this free service through our experienced advisors.

“Many people in our region will either be in the process of or be considering starting their own business and we want them to be as knowledgeable, confident and well-informed as possible as they take what can be quite a daunting step in starting their own businesses.

“As we have all seen, the watchword of this year so far has been “resilience”, particularly when it comes to business, and when starting a business for the first time, you need to have solid foundations in place to ensure resilience. We therefore urge any start-ups under a year old, anyone taking steps to launch their business, or anyone considering an idea for a start-up, to make use of this free service and help turn their entrepreneurial ambitions into a reality.”