A network in North Yorkshire can help people with business ideas to achieve their goals.

The Business Accelerator Network (Ban) has been launched by Business Link York and North Yorkshire in partnership with regional development agency Yorkshire Forward.

The network will support entrepreneurs in York and North Yorkshire who are capable of turning their ideas into a £150,000 turnover business in the first year rising to £1m turnover by the third year of trading.

Business Link's Andrew Marran said: "Entrepreneurs are essential to a healthy economy because they generate wealth, create jobs and have a positive spin-off value for the rest of the business community.

"Our objective is to identify such individuals and, by providing them with support that is appropriate to their needs, enable them to convert their entrepreneurial ideas into successful high-growth businesses."