Ipsenta opens new business centre in Felixstowe
 

IPSENTA, IPSWICH AND SUFFOLK’S LEADING ENTERPRISE AGENCY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EEDA’S ‘INVESTING IN COMMUNITIES’ INITATIVE OPENS NEW BUSINESS CENTRE’S IN FELIXSTOWE AND IPSWICH, TARGETED AT DISADVANTAGED AND DISABLED ENTREPRENEURS.

IPSENTA, Suffolk’s leading Enterprise Agency, has developed two new business centres at South Kiln, Felaw Street, Ipswich and at Summit Business Park, Langer Road, Felixstowe, both designed to be places of ready advice and office workspace for the local business community.  These new centres are open to all, but have a specific target in assisting entrepreneurs from disadvantaged backgrounds particularly those who are disabled in some way.

Neither centre would have been possible without the help of the East of England Development Agency “Investing in Communities” programme. We have been assisted throughout the development of these centres by the invaluable contribution, support and advice of the Leonard Cheshire Disability with whom we continue to work closely and indeed with the people they support.

The new Centres will offer business advice and training together with a range of innovative approaches to support the needs of new potential entrepreneurs. In addition to working with and supporting our clients we also offer a wide range of accommodation options to suit individual needs. Both sites have space for small incubation type businesses as well as hotdesking style facilities where desks are charged out by the hour or day so individuals can use a PC and telephone. Ideal for those who may traditionally have worked from home. In addition there will be meeting rooms for those very important business meetings.

A spokesman for IPSENTA commented:

‘These new business centres offer a great opportunity for the disadvantaged and disabled communities in both Ipswich and Felixstowe. We hope to reach out and provide innovative support for all members of the business community, perhaps people who would not usually think about starting a business. It may be that an idea is there but they are not sure how to develop it. They may mistakenly believe that for some reason they cannot start up in business, unaware of the advice, training & support available to them.   Our support

extends to those who  have already started a business but have never made use of the facilities offered by one of IPSENTA’s business centres before.

The need to offer these facilities and to get in touch with, and empower these communities has been recognised by IPSENTA and Leonard Cheshire along with EEDA and the SDA (Suffolk Development Agency) all of whom have worked closely in developing and providing these facilities. We are immensely grateful for their contribution.

Now the challenge for us is to get those in the disadvantaged and disabled communities to realise we are here and to get them to use these facilities to fully realise their potential’.

Note:

IPSENTA is Suffolk’s leading Enterprise Agency with offices and workspace at six centres across the county, two in Ipswich and then at Newmarket, Hadleigh, Sudbury and Felixstowe.

IPSENTA helps new and established businesses by providing advice and information on all aspects of running a business, including start-up, survival, success and growth and on-going mentoring. Since its inception 25 years ago, IPSENTA has provided over 30,000 individual counseling sessions and helped over 6,000 businesses start up together with numerous training courses.

IPSENTA works together in partnership with a number of private supporters including the Nat West Bank’ in addition to those already mentioned

Date : 06-12-2007