Starting a Business - Overview
Our Enterprise Services Team provides a range of services designed specifically to meet the needs of start-up, new and small businesses.
Delivered by qualified business advisors and trainers, our programme of workshops, 1-to-1 advice sessions, and specialist support will help you realise your business goals.
Our Support includes:
- 1-to-1 support, to help create a business plan and financial forecasts.
- Advice on advertising and promoting your business.
- Support and guidance on recruiting and employing people.
- Monthly networking events for new entrepreneurs.
- Access to information about finance, grants, and awards for new start-ups.
- Signposting to approved accountancy services, to help with book-keeping, VAT and tax.
- Specific support for social enterprises.
- Ongoing information, advice and guidance and workshops.
- Free Business Health Checks, to ensure your business success.
Free business start-up support for people considering self employment.
We can also help you with other services, such as alternative finance through Business Finance Solutions.
Business Finance Solutions is a not-for-profit, Government-backed initiative providing alternative finance for existing and start up businesses in the Greater Manchester boroughs of Manchester, Stockport, Salford, Tameside, Trafford, and across Cheshire. We run a Small Business Loan scheme to help start-up or growing businesses who have been refused loans from mainstream sources such as high-street banks etc. We support hundreds of businesses helping create and safeguard hundreds of jobs and generate millions of pounds in investment in the region and support social inclusion by opening up opportunities to entrepreneurs who might otherwise struggle to raise finance from mainstream lenders (including women, members of ethnic minority groups and individuals in deprived areas).
Contacts
If you would like more information, or would like to discuss your business ideas please contact the Enterprise Services team
Call: 0845 608 3388
Email: start-up@business-support-solutions.co.uk
