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a great set of clients that I really enjoy working with, and I am able to work around the needs of my service family life.” Hannah Illingworth, Owner of HI Virtual ABOUT SUH The SUH Business Start-Up Programme has been developed specifically for Armed Forces families to provide them with the transferable skills and support required to start and maintain a business, enabling families to become more financially stable and help them to develop a sustainable career. The course is designed to be as informative, fun and relaxed as possible, and to encourage you throughout the programme. The ten-month FREE business training and mentoring support programme is open to spouses and adult dependants of serving, veteran and reserve Armed Forces personnel. SUPPORTING THE UNSUNG HERO S u p p o r t i n g t h e U n s u n g H e r o − t h e a w a r d - w i n n i n g b u s i n e s s s t a r t - u p p r o g r amme , f r om t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f Wo l v e r h amp t o n a n d B l a c k C o u n t r y C h amb e r o f C omme r c e , i s h e l p i n g memb e r s o f t h e A r me d F o r c e s c ommu n i t y t u r n b r i g h t i d e a s i n t o s u c c e s s f u l b u s i n e s s e s . B l a c k C o u n t r y C h amb e r w e r e a w a r d e d G o l d I n t h e D e f e n c e Emp l o y e r R e c o g n i t i o n Aw a r d s 2 0 2 0 . Supporting the Unsung Hero (SUH) is so much more than a training course: their delegate network is unique, comprised completely of entrepreneurs from the Armed Forces community. Now in its seventh year, this FREE business training programme has been in high demand from Armed Forces families, veterans and reservists to help them realise their ambition to start-up and develop a business. SUH comprises a four-day business training course followed by a ten-month mentoring programme. It is FREE to service families and has continued to grow in popularity, having already been attended by more than 840 delegates at MOD bases in the UK and overseas in British Forces Germany, Belgium, Italy and Cyprus. “ Doing the SUH course gave me the confidence to change direction and start HI Virtual, providing high quality business support to other small businesses. HI Virtual is now going from strength. I have established 33 C A R E E R P U R S U I T 2 0 2 0