A BUSINESS support programme has helped to create more than 1,000 additional jobs in Barnsley this year.
Enterprising Barnsley, which is run by the council, provides free specialist business coaching to Barnsley-based businesses with growth potential, in areas such as marketing, finance, leadership, IT and branding.
In 2014 the programme, which is divided into two strands – one part-funded by European money and the other by the council - helped create 1,030 jobs.
One firm to receive input from the programme this year is Experia, which is one of the top three suppliers of multi-sensory equipment in the UK.
Managing director Gareth Jones has seen his company buy its own premises in High Street, Grimethorpe, invest in infrastructure and create five new jobs, bringing Experia's workforce to 19.
** The full story is in the Barnsley Chronicle, dated December 24. **
