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Business Debtline
The helpline that provides free, confidential and independent advice on how to deal with debt problems.
Business Dynamics
A business education and enterprise charity offering programmes and challenges to bring business to life for young people.
Business in the Community
Inspiring, challenging, engaging and supporting business in continually improving its positive impact on society.
Business Link
Business Link is a free business advice and support service, available online and through local advisers.
Companies House
The Companies House website allows you to search for company information such as: company/branch names, company/branch numbers, current/recently dissolved names, previous names, dissolved names, proposed names,disqualified directors
DTI - Help for Small and New Businesses
The DTI website contains useful information for new and existing small businesses, with sections on best practice, innovation and investment.
Fredericks Foundation
Fredericks Foundation is a charity that helps disadvantaged people to start their own business as a means to achieve financial independence and renewed confidence and self-esteem. Our clients are all unemployed when we first meet them and they may also be single parents, disabled or have served a prison sentence – all groups of people who find it difficult or impossible to obtain financial support through regular channels. For all of them self-employment offers a real chance to support themselves and their families once again. Fredericks offers microloans of up to £5000 and the business support that enables people to turn their vision into reality. Currently Fredericks Foundation has funded nearly 500 businesses and is acknowledged as having one of the lowest cost bases for its output.
Health & Safety Executive
Whether you are just starting in business, are new to health and safety[1] or are already set up and looking to measure and improve your health and safety performance, these pages are for you.
HM Revenue and Customs - Starting in Business
These pages aim to help you understand some of the many things you need to think about when you are running a business, especially the main tax and National Insurance (NI) issues. We also point to some other important areas of the law which are not the responsibility of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)- and we suggest where to go for further, more detailed information.
InBiz
Ever been asked what your company does? Ask what InBiz does and the reply might be "It changes people's lives". How InBiz achieves this is by constantly striving to be the best in the business at supporting start-ups, micro-businesses and SMEs. The breadth and quality of InBiz services has already changed the lives of more than 20,000 people by helping them into self-employment. More than 1000 people each year take advantage of the skills and experience within InBiz to help them realise their dreams.
National Federation of Enterprise Agencies
A comprehensive range of quality services and support for Start-Ups, Micro Businesses and the Self Employed from a network of Enterprise Agencies.
Start Up
They provide focused, caring and consistent support, both financial and personal, that will reduce re-offending by enabling ex-offenders aged 30 years and above to become self-employed (anyone between 18-30 will be put forward to the Prince’s Trust). They treat ex-offenders as valued clients and to use our best endeavours to help them return to a positive and productive life where they will add value to society.
Startups
Startups.co.uk is your number-one online resource for starting a business. Whether you are a budding entrepreneur ready to start a business for the first time or you are an established entrepreneur looking to do it a second time, we have all the news and information you need to get your small business starting on the right foot.
The Learning Journey
We use enterprise to help ex-offenders resettle successfully.
The Princes Trust
The Princes Trust provides practical support; advice and financial assistance to young people aged 18-30 who are interested in setting up their own business. Support available includes: Low interest loans, grants, marketing assistance, business mentoring
UK Trade and Investment
They provide business opportunities, expert trade advice and support to UK-based companies wishing to grow their business overseas.
Young Enterprise UK
With more than 40 years’ experience, Young Enterprise is the UK’s leading business and enterprise education charity. It offers a range of programmes, based on the principle of Learning by Doing, which brings volunteers from business into the classroom to work with teachers and students. Some of our programmes enable students to work together to run their own real company. Others use games, hands on activities and role play to develop skills and capabilities for business and enterprise.
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