SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Yarlington tenants look at setting up their own businesses

THE Yeovil-based Yarlington Housing Group is running a two-week course to encourage people to set up their own businesses.

Last week the Office for National Statistics reported that the number of people in work rose to 30.43 million, the highest since records began in 1971, and that this rise has been helped by an increase in self-employment.

Recognising the opportunities that exist for those to set up their own business and become self-employed, Yarlington is running a two-week course giving residents the chance to ignite the smallest idea they may have and turn it into a business.

Mark Gittos, lead trainer at The Pop Up Business School and running the two-week course, said: “We tailor each session to the needs of those that come along. The sessions are very relaxed, we have fun, discuss various ideas and point people in the right direction for starting their own business – showing them they can do it for free and need very little to plant that initial seed.”

At the end of week one, residents attending the course had already built their own business websites, learnt how to market themselves, utilise twitter and Facebook for business purposes and begun turning their dreams into a reality.

As a result one of the group secured his first booking via his new webpage for a fencing business he is establishing.

Yarlington resident Kate Gallwey, who has attended all the sessions, said: “What we are being taught is awesome stuff.

“It’s giving everyone a chance to let the spark inside of them burst into an idea and the great thing is it’s for everyone - whether you have an idea or not, are young or old, skilled or unskilled. It has inspired me to develop my goals and ambitions, change my way of thinking and strive for big things.”

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