Business urged to leap into action

The event is free and will provide an opportunity for businesses to see first hand what business support is available from Leeds City Council and a number of other organisations in the city.

It will include an exhibition area as well as a number of seminars aimed at anyone thinking about starting up or who has already taken the plunge and wants guidance on areas such as business support, finding office space, developing brands and other issues.

Simon Brereton, enterprise support team manager for the council said: “At a time when there is a great deal of uncertainty about what business support is available we felt it was important to highlight the large amount of useful information, a lot of which is free, currently available from the council and local organisations.

“For example it’s little known that Leeds has one of the few full-time patent libraries in the UK.”

It takes place on February 29 2012 at Leeds Central Library, 11am-6pm. An electronic guide, outlining available support can also be downloaded from www.enterpriseleeds.co.uk