Access To Business

Fantastic charity and really have helped me progress in my career. Take such care in providing the best services for people across the city. They go above and beyond to help out, especially to chat and listen to individual circumstances

I attended a first aid course today and can highly recommend there services to anyone looking for any training for there employees.The course was very professionally run, very informative, interesting and enjoyable.I am now confident with the training I have received, I could save someones life.A+++ Regards Jason Addison

Very unorganised, don’t fund employed people, but uses funding from WMCA to fund the courses they advertised in their website, on the phone they look so unprofessional and they don’t even know what they advertised on their website.I don’t recommend at all!!!

Very friendly and excellent support for my job searching. Specialist advice is always available using both presentations and one to one activities

I am loving everything about Access to Business – Wolverhampton.From a brief chat with my lovely work coach, Elaine about further training and the possibility of self-employment, it was suggested that I contact Access to Business. Access to Business is a Wolverhampton based charity providing support and training to help local people back into employment and provide some essential information to help your move into possible self-employment.Since the start of the Covid19 pandemic, most of Access to Business training courses has been moved to online via Microsoft Teams, which for me makes it a lot easier to cope with.I suffer badly with anxiety, I am not good in crowds and it usually takes me a long time to warm to anyone new so attending the online courses, was a lot easier for me. I very much doubt I would have been able to cope well in a classroom situation.Lester Knight - Senior Business Advisor & Project Co-ordinator.From the very first phone conversation with Lester, I knew I was going to be OK. Lester is one of those rare individuals who can instantly make you feel welcome and at ease. Most importantly he listens and seems to genuinely want to help.I found that Lester’s method of teaching was excellent too. He has a wealth of knowledge and is able to explain everything in a way even I could understand. He does not just teach, he involves everyone in the process, asking relevant questions, citing real life examples, and his humour is pretty infectious too. Lester is exceptionally good at motivating and inspiring you to want to do more!I have at least 6 more workshops to go and I really can’t wait.If you are looking at starting your own business even if it’s just a thought you have had for a while, I can’t recommend Access to Business enough. They will help you develop the vital skills and confidence so that you are in a much better position to make that move or maybe it will help you realise that self-employment is not for you after all.

Access to Business are an outstanding organisation that provide support, advice and assistance to the local community. They are a vital source of information in helping me on my journey to self employment. The guidance and knowledge of their staff has been extremely useful and always conveyed in a very friendly and professional manner. I would not hesitate to recommend them to anyone that needs help to gain employment, or for anyone exploring the idea of self- employment. I would not have had the motivation and self belief to continue without them. Thank you Lester!

The Access2Business team are at Low Hill Community Centre every Wednesday morning to give advice and guidence on benefits and becoming self employed. I went to see Lester and he was very helpful we talked through my situation and he helped me a great deal to find out what I was entitled to. Just by going to see him Im better off by £20 a week. It was simple and he used the computer to find out what I was missing out on. great stuff!

Better of going to Wolverhampton Growth hub. At least deal with professional people who are not going to slander your name around the office if you miss a oppointment. They don't even ask why so narrow minded and your meant to be professionals?? Need to get retrained and learn not everyone is the same! Things always work out for the best anyway can't even help with funding or sighn post you. Hopeless may as well close down and let the funding go to other organisations and benefit the Community.

Rubbish. You ask for help but no-one returns your calls or emails, but they put you on the same mandatory courses several times if you haven't been in a while, probably so that they can claim more funding.

The staff are always more than helpful. To give advice,and put you on the right track.with training