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26 year old ex-Marine and Tesco worker sets up fitness business

26-year-old Kyle Scarborough signed up for the Royal Marines after working in Tesco for six years, but had another radical career change in setting up startup fitness firm SKS Personal Training.

After leaving the Marines, he decided to do an online personal trainer diploma and try and find work in a gym but he was unable to do his course and also be eligible for Jobseekers Allowance at the same time.

Kyle said: “When I signed back on and wanted to get to work immediately so I applied to jobs in Leeds and Bradford and looked around at local gyms.

“I had always worked out and I realized that if I could achieve my own fitness goals I could help others.”

“The job centre recommended I try the NEA scheme and

Within a week I was sitting down with Joe Cahill of the Mid Yorkshire Chamber’s sister company, the WYEA.

“Joe was able to get me through the scheme quickly I had a business plan already from doing my course and Joe helped me tweak it. He also gave me loads of hints and tips and talked me through some ideas.”

Kyle attended free business workshops held at the Chamber’s offices, such as starting and running your own business workshop, being your own boss and those in social media.

Now Kyle has a Facebook business page for his personal training business, SKS Personal Training, and he also went on a two-day business course in London to qualify for a licence scheme at one of his local gyms.

Two clients contacted him as soon as he launched his Facebook page and he has recently helped Georgina Worthington, a local fundraiser, train for the London Marathon in aid of Muscular Dystrophy campaign.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Clare Burnett .