Start Up West Yorkshire
Do you have a business idea or have you been running a business for up to three years?
Start-Up West Yorkshire is a fully funded programme that gives you access to:
- A diagnostic of your business/business idea.
- Dedicated support throughout your time on the programme.
- One-to-one specialist support, delivered by business experts.
- Workshops and webinars on key business topics and specialist sessions to meet your specific business needs.
- Events and the chance to network.
We also have an Innovation Entrepreneur Business Programme tailored to support new start-ups with a new idea. This is for those who are:
- At prestart.
- Looking to start a business.
- Trading up to a maximum of three years.
- Based in West Yorkshire.
Meet the team
Henry Hopper
Henry has over 10 years of start-up business support experience. During this time, he has worked for the Prince's Trust supporting start-ups across West Yorkshire and Lancashire on ERDF contracts.
Since joining Calderdale Council in 2020, he has worked on the Inclusive Economy Project as an Enterprise Advisor to new starts-ups. Most recently he has been working as the Start-up Business Manager on the WYCA Start up West Yorkshire programme.
Prior to life in the public sector, Henry worked as senior recruiter. This was in industries such as Geological Engineering, IT and Education across Leeds, London and Australia.
Henry has a great passion to support people to achieve their start-up ambitions. He also has a keen interest in:
- Routes to market.
- Sales.
- Business development.