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BARCA and Leeds Ahead worked in partnership to organise for Jason Archdale, Director of Networking Direct to deliver a workshop to eight new business start ups at BARCA's offices in Bramley.

The workshop was aimed to support and inspire budding entrepreneurs.

Jason shared his own experiences of setting up a business and spoke of how he managed to stay positive and focussed on his goals. The workshop emphasised the point that "with a belief and a dream anything can be achieved".

He encouraged the entrepreneurs to set measurable and realistic goals to timeframes and to read them out loud every day. He also gave practical tips such as reading inspirational books and quotes, focusing on what you want to achieve, learning to view short term ‘failures' as valuable lessons and appreciating how far you have come.

Francis Hankins, a new entrepreneur, enjoyed "Jason's personal approach" and Samantha Dean said the workshop helped her to see the value of staying focused and said that the "workshop will make a huge difference to us".