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Since launching in 2005, the Enterprise Nation team has helped thousands of people start and grow their businesses. Led by founder Emma Jones MBE, Enterprise Nation continues to be the most active UK small business community and a leading campaigning voice for small business. Joining Enterprise Nation connects you with resources, community and connections you need to reach your business goals.

Enterprise Nation readers have won up to Â£500 of funding for their business ideas. 

 for the businesses you think deserve funding...

For the past four months, we've been giving funding to Enterprise Nation readers with brilliant business ideas. We're announcing the latest winners in the Fund 101 competition today, and those candidates vying for your votes and up to Â£500 of funding.

The latest winners in the Fund 101 competition are Paz Sarmah, whose 

Â business bakes and sells gourmet brownies in unusual flavours, and Clare Connolly of The Road, aÂ London based start-up producing fashion-forward D+ swimwear made in the UK. Paz will put his Â£500 of funding from PayPal towards baking equipment, and his Elance credit towards a new website. Clare's Â£500 of funding will help her start-up get to Moda di Mare, a trade show in France.

 to vote for your favourite business idea - those with the most votes will win up to Â£500 from PayPal or up to $500 of Elance credit to spend on outsourced work. This month's candidates include Maxine Anthony of confidence-building 

New winners and candidates in Fund 101 competition

business.connected: boosting small businesses digital skills

Watch back: boosting small businesses digital skills&nbsp;

Multi-award-winning named as one of the top 40 Digital UK Women to watch 2020, Business Consultant Online Innovation /Technology Enabler, Digital Transformation and, Marketing Specialist. 

Specialist areas include Business Systems, Process/Workflow, Digital and Online Business Models, Business Strategy, Demand/ Lead Generation, Marketing Funnels, Business Systems, Processes, Integrations, API Strategy, Workflow, Digital Business Models and Online Business Strategies, Sales Marketing Funnels. 

Supporting Global Clients, Katrina Consult’s, Trains/Coaches Agencies, Corporations, and Business owners with her framework process. With features in Forbes, Psychologies Magazine, and The Times, Kat assists clients to build a plan, solution, and strategy, to increase digital business growth, sales and passive income. Supporting and educating you to choose the best technology, create conversion optimised products to and sell via automated sales systems that are the best fit for your Business, skillset, and lifestyle.

After a successful career in Project Management and Marketing, Katrina now Consult’s, Trains, and Coaches Agencies, Corporations, and Business owners with In-House CPD Accredited and certified solutions and strategy to audit and build Automated and active Sales Funnels, Lead Systems and Client Acquisition Funnels.

A certified and qualified Adult Trainer as well as being trained with industry experts such as Harvard Online and Silicon Valley Innovation Center. Blending Academia, Corporate, Business, Practice and Theory, a serial accomplished Entrepreneur and Consultant. With over 21 years of extensive experience as a Marketing Strategist, Project Programme/PMO Manager and a Digital Business Transformation Analyst.

I help entrepreneurs automate and organize their back office systems to maximize their time and money.

I help mid-level supervisors build their soft-skills so that they transform into high-level, organisational leaders.

I help scale-ready businesses to design the most profitable and sustainable digital tech solutions and systems.

Support businesses to attract high quality consistent leads and clients they want to attract to achieve their income aspirations and the freedom based lifestyle they truly desire.

I help entrepreneurs create websites that attract customers and convert sales.

www.katrinayoungconsulting.com

www.aggregatordigital.com

Director - Consulting, Mentoring & Training   Business Consultant | Digital | Senior Marketer

Digital Business and Culture Transformation Hub

We provide training, workshops, resources, expertise, and consultation support in adopting digital, technology, and innovative methods for business marketing, operations, systems, learning, and operations.

&lt;p&gt;I've been involved with business development and marketing since the early 90's working for international companies, including Mannesmann and Bosch. Having completed an MBA in July 2006, I set up The Forrester Corporation (thefc) with my wife, a trained graphic designer and software Marketing Director. Our aim to deliver professional marketing, consultancy and design without the overheads of corporate agencies.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;With my corporate career and thefc, I've travelled and experienced many countries and cultures. From working with full-service agencies to deliver an event to getting stuck in with stuffing envelopes for a client for mailing, you'll find I'm a practical person who will look to make you shine and succeed.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The best way to find out more about my company and me is to look at our website and our blog - &lt;a href="https://www.thefc.co.uk/blogs/"&gt;thefc|VIEW&lt;/a&gt;. Many of the articles are written by me and feature our clients.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I would be delighted to meet you for coffee to get to know you and your business and for you to get to know us.&lt;/p&gt;

Director

Do More with Digital - Go Digital

&lt;p&gt;Go Digital is for micro, small and medium sized businesses&amp;nbsp;who want to make better use of digital tools to help them grow.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;How it can help your business&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This business support programme is designed to help your business do more with digital.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For example you might want to:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Learn how to best sell your products online&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Find out how to use social media to reach new cus

&lt;p&gt;Accounting is our superpower. We are your new secret weapon in the battle to evolve your business. With our team of experts at your fingertips, all your accounting worries, from receipts to compliance and advisory, are a thing of the past. The team at Finance Box are able to take on whatever it is that you need. We can take on the simple bill processing through to all the compliance and further still to advisory services. Each service can be switched on or off as you need. Our pricing is super-transparent and you only pay for what you need at each service level.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm Steve, CEO - but more commonly known as 'The Mechanic' as I am often building automations to make busines easier.&lt;/p&gt;

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Steven Case

&lt;p&gt;Accounting is our superpower. We are your new secret weapon in the battle to evolve your business. With our team of experts at your fingertips, all your accounting worries, from receipts to compliance and advisory, are a thing of the past. The team at Finance Box are able to take on whatever it is that you need. We can take on the simple bill processing through to all the compliance and further still to advisory services. Each service can be switched on or off as you need. Our pricing i