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

XFE Business Resources

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
  • 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

Coffee, Cake and Community: Meet the RAF Veteran Whose Café Serves More Than Drinks and Snacks

Emma Swiggs worked in Telecommunications in the RAF. She left in 2001 as a Senior Aircraftman and went to work for the Metropolitan Police in radio […]

From Recruitment to Red Leicester: Meet the Cheesemonger Who’s Supporting UK Food Banks Through British Artisan Cheese Subscriptions

Growing up in Middlesborough, Sam Elsdon had always visualised himself running his own business. He moved to London and enjoyed a successful career in recruitment sales, […]

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 […]

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