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30th October 20257:00 pm - 9:00 pmFREE

🟢 Strive Live Start-Up Incubator: October 2025 (BSL Interpreted)

If you are currently running or looking to launch a start-up based in York & North Yorkshire, join this award-winning incubator designed to help grassroots entrepreneurs launch their business. Strive Live blends weekly live online training with regular one-to-one advice and on-demand online learning to make it simple and exciting to start a business. Plus, you could win up to £2,500 in micro grants at the end of the programme.

18th November 202510:00 am - 12:00 pmFREE

Perpetual Motion: Business Start Up Programme

This practical business start-up programme will take you step by step through each of these considerations and provide a series of tools and checklists to help you to make the right decisions with confidence and set your exciting new business venture up for success.

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Innovation Supper provides funding boost for First Leaf Farm

The event followed its now well-established format: attendees enjoyed supper while hearing from local entrepreneurs, each given ten minutes to pitch their business idea followed by questions from the audience. At the end of the evening, participants voted to decide which business would receive the proceeds from ticket sales, providing both a financial boost and valuable exposure to an engaged local network.

Strive Live Start-Up Incubator: October 2025 (BSL Interpreted)

Following ongoing high demand and supporting hundreds of entrepreneurs, the Growth Hub is planning to once again partner up with Enterprise Cube to deliver a cohort of the Strive Live Start-Up Incubator, scheduled for October 2025. Find out more about more about the programme below, and register your interest to secure the first places when dates are confirmed.

York & North Yorkshire Growth Hub Rolls Out New Autumn 2024 Programme to Empower Local Businesses

The York & North Yorkshire Growth Hub has launched its Autumn 2024 Programme, offering a range of tailored support to businesses across the region. Unveiled at C4DI in Northallerton—a vibrant tech hub—this initiative provides crucial assistance in one-to-one specialist support, peer support, start-up guidance, digital transformation, skills development, and investment readiness.

Start Your Business in the Creative Industries: Free 12-week Skills Bootcamp

Are you a creative looking to turn your passion into a thriving business venture? Aesthetica, in collaboration with York St John University and the Growth Hub, is launching the Creative Business Skills Bootcamp. The bootcamp is a comprehensive training programme aimed at supporting individuals in launching, sustaining, and growing a business in the creative industries.