£20,000 grant will help young business brains
![Ellvena Graham, Head of Ulster Bank NI and MD of SME Banking, Terry Robb, Head of Business Centre, Ulster Bank Ballymena and Melanie Christie Boyle, Chief Executive, Ballymena Business Centre.](https://www.northernirelandworld.com/webimg/legacy_oak_57627585.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65&enable=upscale)
![Ellvena Graham, Head of Ulster Bank NI and MD of SME Banking, Terry Robb, Head of Business Centre, Ulster Bank Ballymena and Melanie Christie Boyle, Chief Executive, Ballymena Business Centre.](/img/placeholder.png)
Chief Executive of the Ballymena Centre, Melanie Christie said: “This funding will support a bespoke programme designed to enable young people from Ballymena and the surrounding area to start and grow a business within the creative sector.”
The Create 100 project, which is the first of its kind in Ballymena, will provide 10 young people who have an interest in starting a business within the Creative Industry Sector, the opportunity to start their business in Town Centre Retail Environment and benefit from a bespoke Retail Incubation Programme.
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Hide AdAlongside this, each participant will become an Enterprise Ambassador inspiring a further 90 post primary students from the Ballymena and surrounding area to consider starting their own business within the creative industry sector.