Business Support

Access practical guidance on grants, mentoring, training programmes, and business development services to help your enterprise thrive and succeed.

Business Tax Deductions and Community Contributions

There are all sorts of good reasons to contribute to your local community. You can gain customer loyalty, you can improve the local economy, you can create a...

Cooperate with Council Led initiatives and Raise Your Profile

Making a success of community initiatives is not just about going it alone as a business but also about getting involved in projects led by others. Chief amo...

How Local Businesses Survive Recession

In tough economic times, it can seem as if the odds are always in favour of big business, which is likely to have more capital and more room for manoeuvre. B...

How to Use Business Support Organisations

Whether you're trying to set up a new business enterprise or just dealing with day to day problems in your existing business, sometimes you're bound to feel...

Persuade Franchises to Support Unique Local Businesses

For people who want to go into business for themselves but who don't like the idea of having to do it all by themselves, franchises are a tempting option. Th...

Sharing Supplier Tips

The details of suppliers are often among the most closely guarded secrets in business. Finding good suppliers can be difficult and business owners worry that...

The Benefits of Sharing Business Premises

Most people starting up in business assume that they'll need premises of their own, but this can be expensive and difficult to organise. If you're working al...