Staff and licensees at Basepoint have been busy helping local charities and so far have undertaken a number of fundraising activities including skydiving, climbing Mount Snowdon, abseiling Newport’s historic Transporter Bridge and hosting coffee mornings and raffles in their Centres. Between now and the end of March 2016, Charities and Basepoint will be organising many more activities with over £131,000 still to be matched funded.
If you've got a great idea for a new business it's going to take hard work and organisation to bring it to fruition especially if you need to ask for funding.
Since opening its first Centre in Romsey in 1994, Basepoint has supported thousands of businesses from start-ups to international blue chip companies and today it is home to over 2,000 companies. In September this year, Basepoint Business Centres opened its 31st Centre in Haywards Heath and more recently announced that planning permission has been granted for a new Centre in Broxbourne, which is due to open next year.
Professor Maurits van Rooijen, Rector and CEO London School of Business and Finance, discusses the top four desirable qualities for graduate entrepreneurs.
