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Uber and Enterprise Nation: Empowering Journeys
Together with Enterprise Nation, Uber has launched three exciting new initiatives to empower drivers, couriers, restaurants and new food entrepreneurs.
Whether it’s helping a driver to build a new business or a restaurant on its crucial path to recovery, the programmes are designed to give people the support they need to get from where they are to where they want to be.
Discover more about the initiatives below.
Business Builder
Empowering drivers and couriers to build new businesses.
100 drivers and couriers will receive funding and support to help them turn a business idea into a business reality. This journey includes 9 weekly training sessions and a graduation day, plus a start-up grant of between £2,000 and £10,000.
The programme is open to drivers and couriers who:
- Have had a valid account with Uber or Uber Eats in the UK for at least six months at the date of application
- Drivers with a rating of 4.8* or above, and couriers with a rating of 85% or above, at the date of application
- Have a business idea or a start-up less than a year old that is unconnected to their business of driving or delivering via the Uber platform
Food Fellowship
Empowering the next generation of food entrepreneurs.
Eight food entrepreneurs will take their food start-up to the next level via a six-week, hands-on educational programme. Participants will have one year’s access to a shared workbench at Karma Kitchen in north-west London.
The programme is open to food entrepreneurs who:
- Want to start a food business in the UK or who have one that’s less than two years old
- Are willing to use a Karma Kitchen start-up space for 12 months
We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where everyone can be themselves and succeed on merit. We warmly welcome people from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.
Restaurant Hub
Empowering restaurants to rebuild and recover.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on the restaurant industry. This e-learning programme, open to all restaurants on Uber Eats in the UK with fewer than five locations, will support owners and their teams on their journey to recovery.
The programme is open to all restaurants on Uber Eats in the UK that:
- Require help to recover from the impact of COVID-19
- Can commit to 12 bite-sized e-learning modules
- Have five locations or fewer
- Have ambitions to grow their business
About Enterprise Nation
Working out how to start and grow a business can be tough. That’s where we come in.
Enterprise Nation is a vibrant community of small businesses and business advisers that exist to shortcut your route to trusted business support. Whether you’re starting or growing a business, we have the resources, expertise, and connections to help you get it right.
We’ve partnered with Uber to deliver these additional support programmes for aspiring entrepreneurs and restaurant owners – alongside offering all applicants 12 months’ free access to our ongoing business support and advice.
