Free training has Rhys barking up a new social media tree
Rhys, who runs Eden Dene Tree Services with parents Karen and Lee from their Peterlee home, has used his new-found website and social media know-how to help generate new business.
Eden Dene has seen business treble since the family completed a Boost Your Business course this summer.
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Hide AdThe move equipped Rhys with social media marketing knowledge which has generated a four-fold increase in the number of people following the company’s Facebook page.
“The course has been a life changer from a business perspective,” said Rhys.
“We’re going from strength-to-strength, and I’m really excited about the future and the prospect of growing the business even more and introducing new services.”
‘Boost Your Business’ is part of a £1million package of training support being rolled out to hundreds of local organisations, as part of the regional skills and enterprise initiative, Go>Grow, and overseen by Gateshead College in partnership with thirty local training providers, following the securing of £15million in funding from the European Social Fund through the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA).
Adam Clemerson, skills project manager at course deliverer North East Enterprise Agency Ltd, said: “The Williams have a great business that’s really benefitted from training to help it.”