The Island’s Over 50’s entrepreneurs are celebrating a great day at Expo 2017, held recently at the Lakeside Park Hotel. It’s the Isle of Wight’s biggest single business event, with hundreds of visiting delegates and more than 50 exhibitors.
This year the Over 50’s StartMeUp team took a stand at the event – literally – with their own exhibitor stand, promoting their services to members of the public. It’s been a tale of growth for many of the programme members, some of whom hadn’t launched their own business a year ago.
Expo 2017 also provided an opportunity for the Over 50s entrepreneurs to promote the programme to other like-minded people. Along with mentors Lynda and Fiona the team were able to encourage other visitors to learn more about self-employment and being their own boss.
Over 50s Start Me Up mentoring and workshops are supported by the Big Lottery Fund using National Lottery funding.
