Date: Tuesday 8th February 2011 Venue: Shine Harehills Road Leeds LS8 5HS Link to location map and directions  Status: PRIME event Following our recent self-employment taster event at Leeds Central Library we are going back to Leeds to run two more workshops about starting your own business. All sessions are completely FREE. To ensure we are helping as - – - read more >

Date: Tuesday 25 January 2011, 1:15pm to 5:00pm Venue: Leeds Central library, Calverley Street, Leeds. LS1 3AB. Status: PRIME event  Are you over 50 and thinking of starting a business or becoming self-employed? Then come along to PRIME’s FREE taster workshop at Leeds Central Library. BOOK YOUR FREE PLACE * Decide if self-employment is right for you - – - read more >

Date: Thursday 25 March 2010 Venue: York Racecourse, The Racecourse, Knavesmire Road, York, YO23 1EX Status: PRIME attended The Open Day programme is the biggest government business support road show, designed to provide free information and support to businesses, through a series of exhibitions across the country. It is organised by HM Revenue and Customs, who invite - – - read more >

Yorkshire based training company T-centrix is offering free training courses for unemployed people in the South Yorkshire area. They have a number of courses available including computer literacy, trades skills and nail technician. The courses are free to anyone who can prove they are unemployed and have had no training under the Response to Redundancy programme previously.  - – - read more >

Cousins Jackie Hatton, 52 and Denise Lever, 50 have set up a gift shop in Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire. The shop offers affordable country lifestyle gifts, which can be anything from handmade soap to second hand furniture. Taking it in turns to man the counter, Denise and Jackie each enjoy a three-four day week, and split - – - read more >

Fifty six year old Janet Wilks is earning £30,000 a year after starting a business in Belief Therapy. Janet, who lives in Leeds, helps people dismantle conscious and unconscious limiting beliefs, so that they can live a fuller life. Janet specialises in confidence building, personal development, and new businesses. Janet sees seven to ten people - – - read more >

Date: Wednesday 14 October 2009, two sessions 1pm to 4.15pm and 4.30pm to 7.45pm Venue: The Merrion Hotel, Wade House, 52 Merrion Centre, Leeds, LS2 8NH Status: PRIME event Are you over 50 and thinking of starting a business or becoming self-employed? Then come along to PRIME’s FREE taster workshop at the Merrion Hotel, in - – - read more >

Date: Wednesday 20th  May 2009, 9:30 am to 1:00 pm Venue: The Point Home of Doncaster Arts, 16 South Parade, Doncaster, DN1 2DR Status: PRIME PRIME is currently working with Success Doncaster to help you assess your idea and decide if this could be the right move for you. To take up this offer you should reside in the DMBC - – - read more >

Date: Monday 30 March 2009 Time: 10am – 1pm Venue: The Circle, Rockingham Lane, Sheffield, S1 4FW Status: PRIME event   PRIME is running a free workshop for anyone who is over 50 and thinking about becoming self-employed or starting a business in Sheffield. Find out if self-employment is right for you. The workshop will help you identify - – - read more >

Date: Monday 23 March 2009 Time: 10am – 1pm Venue: The Circle, Rockingham Lane, Sheffield, S1 4FW Status: PRIME event   PRIME is running a free workshop for anyone who is over 50 and thinking about becoming self-employed or starting a business in Sheffield. Find out if self-employment is right for you. The workshop will help you identify - – - read more >

Date: Tuesday 31 March 2009 Time: 5pm -7pm Venue: The Circle, Rockingham Lane, Sheffield, S1 4FW Status: PRIME Business Club event    ‘A good website will make money not cost money’  Do I need one? What do I put on it? How much will it cost? How do I get one? Do I need to - – - read more >

Date: Monday 23 March 2009 Time: 5pm -7pm Venue: The Circle, Rockingham Lane, Sheffield, S1 4FW Status: PRIME Business Club event   ‘Let’s talk finance’    An opportunity to spend the evening with three knowledgeable speakers and ask them questions on the topic of finance and tax. This is a FREE event. Lee Siddall is a Business - – - read more >

Date: Thursday 26th February 2009 Time: 5:15pm – 7:30pm Venue: The Circle, 3 Rockingham Lane, Sheffield, S1 4WF Status: PRIME event Confidence and motivation for business Facilitator Pat Carr From 360 Degree People a Coaching and People Development Company http://www.360degreepeople.co.uk/ Some days you may feel more confident than others about starting your business or finding - – - read more >

Date: Thursday 12 February 2009, 9:30 am to 1:00 pm Venue: Holmescarr Community & Enterprise Centre, Rossington, DN11 0LP Status: PRIME PRIME is currently working with Success Doncaster to help you assess your idea and decide if this could be the right move for you. To take up this offer you should reside in the DMBC area.   - – - read more >

Alistair Owens, 58, from Doncaster, is the overall winer of Intel’s Profit@50 competition for people who have set up in business after the age of 50. He wins £8,000 from Intel for his business Keen2Learn, along with an up-to-the-minute laptop and mentoring from Yo! Sushi founder Simon Woodroffe. The website (www.keen2learn.co.uk) makes it easier for - – - read more >