Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership are offering a free business support programme for businesses in the area.

Cumbria’s Peer Networks will offer 100 local businesses the opportunity to build resilience, develop their capability and grow.

Entrepreneurial Spark and Cumbria Chamber of Commerce are supporting the programme.

Miranda Kirschel, CLEP’s Head of Business and Innovation, said: “We are delighted to announce that we have engaged the support of some of our leading organisations to help us deliver this important new support programme for Cumbrian Small and Medium Enterprise.

“Through the Peer Networks programme, we create diverse cohort groups of individuals to collaboratively work through common business issues. Through interactive action learning, we’ll enable participants to discuss their own challenges, gain and reflect on valuable feedback and implement practical solutions to overcome them.

“From finance and HR to sales, marketing and more, expert facilitators will create a trusted support network that works for participants, helping them to build and strengthen their business and improve its overall performance.

“With the first cohort due to commence shortly, we would strongly urge all businesses who are interested to register with us now.”

The programme will start on 16th November.

To register to take part, contact Project Manager Helen Atherton, helen.atherton@thecumbrialep.co.uk