Mentoring, Training and Advice services for the Inclusive Enterprise Programme in Warwickshire

Description

The Coventry and Warwickshire Reinvestment Trust (CWRT) is working in partnership with Warwickshire County Council (WCC) and The Women’s Economy (WE) to deliver The Inclusive Enterprise Programme (IEP) in Warwickshire. IEP is part of a wider business support programme in the county, which is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund. The programme end date is December 2018. The Programme has two strands:  The first is to deliver intensive business support to start-up and growth-oriented businesses in the digital creative industries, which are owned by groups considered to be under-represented in the sector. These will be mostly, but not necessarily exclusively, women-owned businesses.  The second strand is to deliver specialist business start-up services to groups facing particular socio-economic challenges, which are currently under-represented in entrepreneurial activity in North Warwickshire, specifically in Nuneaton and Bedworth. CWRT is seeking tenders for the following services: Lot 1: Specialist mentor and trainer to lead business support services for the business start-up programme in Nuneaton and Bedworth. Lot 2: Participation in pool of mentors, coaches and advisor’s for business start-up programme in Nuneaton and Bedworth Lot 3: Specialist mentor and trainer to lead business support services for the digital creative business support programme in Warwickshire Lot 4: Participation in pool of mentors, coaches and advisor’s for the digital creative business support programme in Warwickshire. Outline of services and special conditions of participation included in 'advert' attachment and covered in the ITT document.