Chesterfield entrepreneur embarks on new business challenge at 77

The piece profiles Keith Wood launching Yorkshire Fenix Enterprises at the age of 77 after a career in Local Government and 17 years of retirement. It describes the range of not for profit services planned, including customised work and leisure wear, creative writing, public speaking and local venue brokering, and notes that his first local historical novel features Chesterfield in the mid 18th century.

It records that all profits are to be donated to local charities, quotes Keith on the value of business networking in Chesterfield, and names several local people and businesses who supported the launch.

It closes with his praise for Chesterfield as a market town and a note that his website was then under

construction.

This post summarises a news article written by a third party journalist for Destination Chesterfield. The original sits at chesterfield.co.uk under the April 2025 date.