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We are proud to announce that we are delivering the Rise Up Entrepreneurship Programme with Rise Up, the enterprise and entrepreneurship agenda for the Careers Service at Newcastle University. This series of intensive, interactive workshops is designed to give attendees a realistic insight and support in starting a business, including some fantastic guest speakers and …

Fast Forward Now Ltd. are proud to announce that we are one of the few training providers in the North East selected to deliver the Get Mentoring training scheme, in partnership with the Small Firms Enterprise Development Initiative. This government-backed programme is designed to unlock the mentoring potential of those who work with, in or …

We have been working really hard in collaboration with Northumbria Law School to create a fantastic event on the topic of Social Enterprise, to inform, inspire and offer the opportunity to network with some of the finest business people in the area! The best thing about it is we’ve got some fantastic guest speakers lined …

We are very proud to announce that we are now a SFEDI Approved Centre.  We’ve been shouting it from the rooftops, because simply put, it means that we are recognised as a Centre that is quality assured by the UK expert in Enterprise and Enterprise Support. SFEDI Awards is a branch of the UK sector …

Angie: portrait of a successful woman from the North East from Santiago Laserna on Vimeo. In this video, a production team interview Angie to find out what makes an entrepreneur.  What do you think?

21/10/2011 Fast Forward Now glammed up this week for Blueprint 2011, the North East Universities business planning competition held at the Hilton Gateshead.  Jessica McLean, our Training Director and owner of Garbeau (www.garbeau.eu) took to the stage to reveal the winner of the Creativity and Design Awards.  Garbeau was a sponsor of Blueprint this year, …

Number of students impacted: 140 Number of business opportunities: 140 Fast Forward Now has worked for over seven years with students at a leading North East University and has designed, developed and delivered all the teaching on this module where scientists develop a business plan to commercialise their science idea.  Many of the business plans …

Number of students impacted: over 1300 Number of business opportunities: 260 Fast Forward Now has worked for over eleven years co-designing, developing and facilitating the 20 credit Business Enterprise Module in two of the North East’s top universities, working with up to 120 students in a class. Following the initial consultation process with Fast Forward …

Number of students impacted: 90 Number of business opportunities: 90 The design, development and delivery of this module sets out to discuss the business start-up process and how sustainable businesses can be managed and developed to grow successfully and considers the critical success factors required and barriers to entry into self employment. The module is …