About 20 years ago, I signed up for the then-new "Business Enterprise Programme", which helped you set up in business and also gave you £40 a week (?) for the first 6 months to help get your enterprise off the ground.
(Probably mainly a fiddle to get the dole queue figures down, but that's another matter!)
You had to complete a one day seminar at one of their locations beforehand - mine happened to be at a (temporary) site on Broomfield Road, just off Glossop Road at the Rutland Hotel junction - and you were also offered a weekly course where experts in different fields - advertising, accountancy etc. - would come for a few hours and give you the benefit of their experience and advice on your proposed venture.
On my particular course - forgive me, I can't recall any names - there were people who wanted to set up a heat exchanger business, a fishing magazine publisher, a nurseryman and even a "professional rock climber", although I never actually figured that one!
Just wondered how any of you did? Got off the ground? Still going?!
(I just remembered the heat exchanger bloke originally had premises on/near Effingham Road....)
The training agency themselves obviously did fairly well too, as they eventually moved to large premises at the foot of East Bank Road....

Just remembered the name of the training outfit - Strategic Consultants....