Helping Your Business To Grow
 

Acorn Business Centre - What We Do

Established in 1988, The Acorn Business Centre is a business advice facility which offers the following to the local community:

•  Business Programmes

•  Business Advice

•  IT Training

•  Property Rental

•  Room Hire

•  Administrative Services

Designed to help you start and grow your own business.

Business Programmes

  • Go for IT -This Programme is aimed at providing business information and support to local people.
  • Exploring Enterprise - This course offers unemployed people from the Ballymoney Borough, the opportunity to take advantage of a FREE business training programme that allows the participants to gain a Certificate in Business Enterprise Level 2.
  • Trade Links - This Programme provides existing business advice and support and training in how to expand their business and develop export links.

Business Advice

Practical advice is available from the Acorn Business Centre on all aspects of business start-up and expansion including access to support, assistance, training, premises and consultancy.

If you are looking for information, advice and support or pre-start training, innovation, design, product development, marketing, finance, management development, IT or software training skills, e-commerce or business mentors, you have come to the right place.

IT Training

The Acorn Business Centre offers several IT related accredited training courses including CLAiT Levels 1, 2 and 3 as well as basic and advanced IT training on relevant practical computer applications, tailored to your needs and teaching you what you want to learn.

Property Rental

The Acorn Business Centre manages 52 workspace units, consisting of units of various sizes and for various different purposes.

Room Hire

The Acorn Business Centre hires a Conference Suite that can seat up to 20 people for meetings/seminars, presentations, exhibitions and training courses.

There is also an IT Suite available for hire including 10 fully functional computers with broadband internet access.

Administrative Services

The Acorn Business Centre offers several office administrative services such as Word Processing, Photocopying, Faxing and Binding.

Please contact Cara Dallat, Business Development Officer at the Acorn Business Centre on 028 2766 6133 or email cara@acornbusiness.co.uk for further information on all courses and services offered at the Acorn Business Centre.