Are you thinking of starting a business OR do you have a business that is currently underperforming or you need help to grow?

We have a team of SFEDI accredited (the recognised standard for business support), all of whom have experience of running their own businesses and can therefore empathise with the issues you face when starting or developing your business.

Our team can help you get your business ideas off the ground and help you to develop your business and improve its current performance or achieve growth by providing practical business advice and guidance on all aspects of setting up and running a business.

We tailor our support to suit your needs and help you to achieve your goals by setting milestones and targets that are unique to your business and which we can utilize to monitor business performance and progress over a period of time.

Our services include:

• 1-2-1 advice and guidance tailored to your needs;
• Assistance to assess the viability of your idea via the preparation of a business plan and financial forecasts;
• Help to access funding for your idea including grants and loans;
• Access to business focused workshops and networking events;
• Business improvement and growth support including:
• Business diagnostics and health checks;
• Assistance with development of business strategies;
• Financial management support (assistance with preparation of financial projections and budgets to help monitor performance, help to set up accounting systems, accountancy advice and support, bookkeeping training etc);
• Marketing support (development of marketing strategies and plans);
• Business coaching including high growth coaching; and
• Business mentoring.

The majority of our services are available FREE of charge if you meet our eligibility criteria.

We also offer a range of chargeable services including:

• Office accommodation;
• Research consultancy services;
• Accountancy and bookkeeping services; and
• Administration and secretarial services

Benefits of our services

• We can improve your chances of success by helping you to identify the various pitfalls to starting a successful
  business, identify essential skills and  knowledge that you will require to run your business and by helping you to develop an action plan to address any concerns identified;
• We can help save you time and money by helping you to assess the viability of your business idea and helping you to identify all the necessary start up and day to day running costs for your business;
• We help improve your chances of successfully obtaining funding from banks and other investors;
• We can help you improve your business performance, business efficiency, sales and profitability;
• Our business coaching, mentoring and training can help you to develop your confidence and improve your business
  knowledge and skills which will help you to manage your business more efficiently;
• We help you to ensure your business complies with a diverse range of legislation that will apply to your
  business such as employment legislation, Health & Safety, Intellectual property and copyright, Data Protection Act, Companies Act legislation, tax legislation etc; and
• We can offer you a supportive environment to locate your business during its early development
  stages which will improve its chances of survival and success;

Why not contact us for an informal chat to discuss your business and how we may be able to help you!