Want To Start A New Business?
Every year thousands of people decide to start their own business - wanting to be their own boss, turn a hobby into a career or simply to try something new.
Although the process can be daunting, there is a whole array of help and advice available.
The first port of call for anyone looking to set up in business is an Enterprise Agency who can advise on a range of things from finance to regulations.
The Council and a variety of publicly funded agencies can help support your new business ideas and help you get started on your road to self-employment. Norfolk has four Enterprise Agencies that can assist you to get started in your new business, whether it its offering advice, support, training or assistance with access to funding:
Business Link East
www.businesslink.gov.uk
Tel: 08457 171615
Norfolk & Waveney Enterprise Services (NWES)
www.nwes.org.uk
Tel: 0845 6099991
Women's Enterprise Training Unit (WEETU)
www.weetu.org
Tel: 01603 767367
Prince's Trust
www.princes-trust.org.uk
Tel: 01473 228844
If you are planing to start up a new food business, or if you have an existing food business that you need help and and advice on, there is a food safety team in Breckland who can help. Please follow the link to take you to further details of food business help. Click here for assistance for food related businesses
Online Business Start-Up Pack
A Business Start Up Pack is also available from Breckland Council with the aim of increasing awareness of assistance available to entrepreneurs in the area. The information covers a variety of organisations, as well as giving contacts for those seeking advice and funding for a new enterprise, or businesses wishing to expand as well as communities and non-profit making charities. All organisations that can offer advice or funding for a business project are included, from the Prince's Trust to the Inland Revenue.
Please click here to view and download the contents of the Business Support Pack
If you would need the information in the Pack in a paper format please contact us by telephone 01362 656870.
www.startupcommunity.co.uk
www.enterprisequest.com
www.venturenavigator.co.uk
Other useful business weblinks
Business Link www.businesslink.gov.uk
Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) www.acas.org.uk
Association of British Insurers www.abi.org.uk
Better Payment Practice Group (Advice for small businesses on collecting debts on time)
www.payontime.co.uk
British Franchising Association (BFA) www.british-franchise.org
The Chartered Institute of Patent Agents www.cipa.org.uk
Companies Registration Office www.companieshouse.gov.uk
Crafts Council www.craftscouncil.org.uk
Federation of Small Business www.fsb.org.uk
Health & Safety Executive www.hse.gov.uk
HM Revenue and Customs www.hmrc.gov.uk
The Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys www.itma.org.uk
Lawyers for your Business (for free of charge legal advice) www.lawsociety.org.uk
Patent Office/Trademarks Registry www.patent.gov.uk
Shell LiveWIRE (support for entrepreneurs aged under 30) www.shell-livewire.org
PRIME - (The Prince's Initiative for Mature Enterprise) www.primeinitiative.org.uk
Trading Standards www.tradingstandards.gov.uk
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