X-Forces Enterprise - Helping You Be The Best in Business
X-Forces Enterprise

Training, Funding and support for ex-military, veterans, service leavers and their families.

A range of courses designed to support different cohorts within the military community considering self-employment or business ownership

  • Self-Employment Awareness Workshop
  • Start-Up Skills Workshop
  • The Business and Enterprise Programme
  • The Business Experience Programme

Government-backed loans for start-up businesses

  • Fixed interest rate of just 6% p.a.
  • Borrow for up to 5 years
  • 12 months’ free mentoring
  • Dedicated Business Adviser
  • No early repayment penalties
  • Free training and workshops

We offer access to our own and partner events where you can network with like-minded individuals, peers and mentors who can help you develop essential business connections and knowledge

  • Business Ownership
  • Networking Events
  • Knowledge Exchange

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Business Resources

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A range of courses designed to support different cohorts within the military community considering self-employment or business ownership

  • Self-Employment Awareness Workshop
  • Start-Up Skills Workshop
  • The Business and Enterprise Programme
  • The Business Experience Programme

Government-backed loans for start-up businesses

  • An unsecured personal loan, for business purposes
  • Fixed interest rate of 6% p.a.
  • Borrow for up to 5 years
  • 12 months’ free mentoring
  • Dedicated Business Adviser
  • No early repayment penalties
  • Free training and workshops

Become a part of the Military in Business® community and network with like-minded individuals, peers and mentors who can help you develop essential business connections and knowledge.

  • Business Ownership
  • Networking Events
  • Knowledge Exchange

Download Our Free

Business Start Up Toolkits

Business Resources

XFE Business Resources

Start Up Guide Toolkit

XFE Startup Guide

Marketing Toolkit

XFE Marketing Toolkit

Social Media Toolkit

XFE Social Media Toolkit

SEO Toolkit

XFE SEO Toolkit

PR Toolkit

XFE PR Toolkit

Help Provided To Date

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2334

Start Ups
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£25,144,745

Start Up Funds Lent
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42,000

Training Hours

Success Stories

From Frigates to Floristry: Meet the Floral Artist Arranging Her Own Creative Future

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Battling Transphobia: Meet the Former Major Turned Consultant Courageously Commanding Audiences with Her Lived Experience

British Armed Forces officers are highly skilled in presenting and public speaking, a core part of initial training and subsequent leadership development, renowned for producing the […]

Driven by Digital: Meet the Reserve Soldier Who’s Fierce About Quality Online

Adam Duffield, from Doncaster, has been an Army Reservist in the Royal Corps of Signals since 2019, alongside his day job in IT. He was employed […]

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From Frigates to Floristry: Meet the Floral Artist Arranging Her Own Creative Future

Creative industries may be a less common second career for ex-military personnel, however, there are clear parallels between skillsets in workforces that yield defence and those […]

Who has the right to education?

As I put this article together just a week before the UN International Day of Education, teachers in England and Wales decided to strike for seven […]

Don’t Be One Of The 2 Million

As the January 31st self-assessment tax deadline looms, media outlets report that in excess of 2 million people missed the deadline in 2022 with some 630,000 […]

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