Start a Business in MEA
Go Succeed Enterprise Pathways
Enterprising Women Global Entrepreneurship Week
Don’t know how to take the next step in business?
Say Hello to Go Succeed
Go Succeed is the new go-to source for expert business advice led by Northern Ireland's eleven local councils.
Whether you're a budding entrepreneur just starting out; are looking to grow your business; or are planning to scale up; our team of industry experts will provide tailored support and guidance to help you achieve your business goals.
How Go Succeed Can Help You?
Starting your business
You have a great idea but you're not sure how to turn it into a business, or you have already started out in business and require mentorship on your next steps.
Our Go Succeed Start experts will help you to create a business plan, seek funding and put all the foundations in place to get your business up and running.
Growing your business
Your business is already established and is now ready to expand, but growth is slow and you're not sure how to progress.
Our Go Succeed Grow experts have seen it all before in just about every sector, so they'll provide tailored support to help shorten the journey to business growth.
Scaling your business
Your business is ready to go to the next level locally and internationally but you need guidance, support or resources to achieve your ambitions.
Our Go Succeed Scale industry experts will help tailor your plans to penetrate new markets, identify investment opportunities and scale up your operations.
For more information or to register your interest visit the Go Succeed website.
Go Succeed clients can access FREE business development workshops on a variety of topics ranging from effective digital marketing to financial forecasting and exporting.
Visit the Go Succeed NI's Events & Workshops webpage to browse and register.
Go Succeed is funded by UK Government’s Levelling Up Fund and Local Councils in Northern Ireland.
Enterprising Women
Welcome to Enterprising Women, a FREE network for female entrepreneurs in the borough!
Enterprising Women MEA is funded by us and managed by Carrickfergus Enterprise in partnership with Ballymena Business Centre.
It is a dedicated female network in Mid and East Antrim, that supports new and established female entrepreneurs.
Enterprising Women MEA has over 150 members across the borough in a range of sectors including Retail, Tourism, Artisan and Professional services.
Women often feel quite isolated when they are running a business and we to create a warm and welcoming environment to help members to connect, grow in confidence, develop their networks and collaborate with like-minded women just like them.
Enterprising Women MEA provides an interesting and diverse range of events throughout Mid and East Antrim, and we have a fabulous line up and will publish details on the events section of our website.
Events include Coffee and Chat events where members just meet up and have a chat over coffee about their business or indeed life.
We have other events planned such as our annual Jingle and Mingle afternoon tea and an exchange visit.
It also delivers a range of workshops in the areas of personal development and management skills to help the member and their business grow.
To be eligible to join the network you need to be resident or have a business located in Mid and East Antrim.
If this sounds like something you want to be part off and you don’t want to miss out on future events find out more on our Enterprising Women website.
You can register to become a member, join today by completing our online form.