Charter Market traders offered FREE training in essential business skills
Traders at St Albans Charter Market are to be offered FREE training and advice to improve their skills and help their business grow.
St Albans City and District Council, which runs the market, has teamed up with St Albans Enterprise Agency (STANTA) to make the assistance available.
To qualify for the 12 hours of free help, a trader needs to be a regular at the Market and have run their business for up to five years.
They can then apply to have a choice of training and advice modules under the Government-backed Get Enterprising programme delivered by STANTA. This includes:
Business advice from an experienced adviser.
Assistance with choosing the most suitable business structure.
Free workshops with content ranging from business planning, bookkeeping to digital marketing and AI.
Get Enterprising is funded by the Government with the aim of helping new and fledgling businesses.
Councillor Paul de Kort, the Council’s Leader and Lead for Economic Development, said:
This is a great opportunity for some of our Charter Market entrepreneurs to get first class training and advice on a wide range of business matters.
We want to support our traders who not only create a great atmosphere in the City Centre, but also help the local economy by bringing in visitors and creating jobs.
This training will assist them, not just in managing their businesses but in growing them as well. A market is a wonderful place to start a business as some of Britain’s leading business people started out that way.
I am delighted that we are building a strong relationship with STANTA and together in the future we will look io provide more support and training opportunities for our traders.
STANTA’s Executive Director Steve Bedford said:
We are delighted to work alongside St Albans City and District Council to make available our business advice and skills workshop services to St Albans Market traders.
We have a wide remit in terms of supporting startups, young and small business in the area and look forward to working with the market traders.
STANTA is an independent enterprise agency which has been active in St Albans, Harpenden and the surrounding area for more than 40 years.
A not-for-profit service, it has helped local people start, grow and develop successful businesses: https://stanta.co.uk/.
Charter Market traders will receive details of how to apply to the scheme from the Council’s markets team.
Photo: the Charter Market.
Media contact: John McJannet, Principal Communications Officer: 01727- 819533; john.mcjannet@stalbans.gov.uk.
