Frequently people have no experience of running their own companies and whilst their businesses are in the early stages, the clients can come into ELE to gain the skills they need. These may include business plan development, computer training, financial systems training, marketing techniques, web page design or many other skills. ELE can provide almost 60 different training courses in-house, each geared to the needs of the clients and their business ideas. Training is tailored to you and your business - not one size fits all

The types of businesses started with help from ELE is amazingly varied. Amongst those helped recently are included construction trades, High tech IT companies, alternative therapies, chiropody, tattooing, computer repair, a village store and post office in Surrey, an inventor and a disabled drivers training school. The survival rate of businesses helped to set with training from ELE is 82% still in business after 2 years