Enterprise Nation and Mastercard have announced the launch of the Enterprise Nation: Make a Plan app, supported by Strive UK to help micro and small businesses (MSEs) access free learning from their phone. The app has been developed as part of the Strive UK programme, which is an initiative from the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth that aims to empower 650,000 micro and small businesses in the UK to succeed in the digital economy over the next three years through free guidance, helpful tools, and personalised, one-to-one mentoring.
The app will direct MSEs to a data driven ‘ one stop shop ’, which will house relevant resources, programmes and digital tools from different support organisations to help founders build and grow their businesses. Businesses can upload their details and to generate a digital business action plan which they can use to track progress on their phone.
The app comes at a time when more than one in 10 working age adults in the UK plan to start a business in the next three months, which equates to around three million individuals looking for early-stage business support. This is a significant increase and reflects an upward trend in the ambition to start a business.
