Connecting the rural businesses and the local community of North Argyll

Business Mentoring

• Business getting you down: like someone to talk to?
• Wonderful new idea for your business but can’t work out where to start?
• Sound familiar?

A Mentor might be just the person to help you.
Business Mentoring is a FREE confidential service for businesses that have been in operation for at least one year.
A Mentor is someone who has considerable business skills and is happy to share them.
Over a period of a year you could meet with your mentor, share ideas and learn from their business experience.

All new businesses in the Highlands, including the Inverness area, can now apply for a business start up grant which is being delivered through Business Gateway by Highland Opportunity Limited.

This Project has been funded by the Highland Council Business Gateway service and the Highland LEADER 2007-2013 Programme.

The grant will meet three quarters of the cost of essential expenditure, with the remaining quarter being funded by the grant applicant. It is intended to help new small businesses to set up in the Highlands though supporting initial start up costs.

Invitation to National Rural Network event for Argyll in the Corran Halls, Oban on Tuesday 30th March 2010

See forum for further details
http://www.lorn.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=100&t=579&start=0
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SEAFISH, the authority on seafood, is hosting a free SALSA (Safe And Local Supplier Approval) certification training seminar for local food manufacturers in the Oban area.

One of the more important means for crofters in Argyll and the Highlands to improve the quality of their cattle has been saved from an EU axing.