UK Steel Enterprise Partner With Sheffield Made Festival To Celebrate Entrepreneurs

20th October 2015

Sheffield based UK Steel Enterprise are sponsoring this year's prestigious MADE Festival as part of its 'continued commitment' to supporting entrepreneurs and business development across the region.

UK Steel Enterprise, which works to help businesses in the steel regions grow and develop through a range of funding and support networks, has come together with The MADE Entrepreneur Festival to celebrate business owners and inspire budding entrepreneurs on the 22nd of October. Now in its 5th year, the festival has educated and inspired tens of thousands of start-up businesses and entrepreneurs-to-be through its main event and fringe events, welcoming entrepreneurs from across the UK including Founder and CEO Kevin Byrne of Checkatrade.com, Paul Lindley, Ella's Kitchen and Paddy's Bathroom founder and many more inspirational business minds from across the UK, sharing insight, workshops and top tips. UK Steel Enterprise also has an Innovation Centre hub in the city which has helped over 100 businesses, to evolve their business so far, utilising a range of support opportunities including everything from office space to financial support to do so. Having supported a further 6,000 businesses across the UK steel regions through equity or loan finance or funding from their £40,000 funding pot in celebration of their 40th anniversary this year, partnering with the MADE Festival will provide entrepreneurs the chance to understand the support opportunities available for their business venture and enable UK Steel Enterprise to engage and celebrate the success of many. Keith Williams at UK Steel Enterprise said: -We're proud to support such a great event which shares the success and journey of many entrepreneurs inspiring other like-minded business leaders to succeed. -Here at UK Steel Enterprise we've provided funding and support networks to help businesses expand, develop and improve to reach their ultimate business objectives. The MADE festival is a great place to be inspired and gain some golden pieces of advice to drive business ideas forward. Andrew Wilson, lead organiser of MADE Festival: -MADE Festival is gearing up to be a great event with some fantastic speakers involved. We're hoping it will really inspire not only budding entrepreneurs but also business leaders of businesses of all sizes. -We would encourage anyone to book up as soon as possible to avoid disappointment, last year attracted a huge audience and we're hoping for an even stronger turn out this time around.