Employer Adviceโs ACAS-based advice supports businesses by offering guidance on employment-related issues. We provide resources, training, and a helpline to help businesses understand and implement best practices in line with employment law.
Scheme type: National
Manufacturing Energy Toolkitย
Specialist resources and advice to help manufacturers reduce their energy consumption and increase profitability.ย Manufacturers can reduce their energy usage by up to 46%.
Be the Businessย ย
Be the Business offers a range of business support, which includes input from experiences professionals with a wide variety of expertise, impartial advice and guidance that helps you challenge the status quo and programmes that drive real improvement.
Merchant Cash Advance – UKย
Finance for SMEs in the UK with no fixed payments, fixed terms or security required. The advance is repaid as a percentage of future card sales.ย UK businesses are eligible for finance of ยฃ10,000 to ยฃ40,000 as long as the business has been trading for at least six months.
Better Business Financeย
The Better Business Finance website provides impartial information about commercial finance to businesses, entrepreneurs and their partners. Whether the business is starting up, looking to develop and grow, or exporting abroad, BBF is here to help.
National Skills Academies
Find quality assured training provision for across diverse sector from a National Skills Academy in England.ย
Big Issue Investย ย
Big Issue Invest helps invests in social enterprises, social-purpose businesses and charities creating core solutions to end poverty in the UK.
Business and Intellectual Property Centre – British Library Londonย
The Business & IP Centre supports small business owners, entrepreneurs, inventors and anyone with a business idea. The centre offers insights and access to free resources, training and events – both online and in-person for businesses looking to start or develop a successful business.
CompeteFor contract service – UKย
CompeteFor is a free service that enables businesses to compete for contract opportunities within the supply chains (Supply Chain Opportunities) of major public and private sector buying organisations and major capital infrastructure projects.
Barclays Eagle Labsย
Barclays Eagle Labs offers a range of support and services to businesses and you don’t have to be a Barclays customer to take advantage.
Barclays Eagle Labs provides a variety of programmes of specialised support for aspiring and existing entrepreneurs and scaleup businesses across the UK. Participants can access a range of services including growth programmes, sector-specific support, mentoring, research and insights, events, online learning materials and tailored support.
They also have an online learning platform: The Entrepreneur Academy that provides bite size lessons for anyone about to set up their own business.
Through the Demo Directory they provide opportunity for ambitious founders to showcase their business to a selected group of attested investors. They understand that raising capital and connecting to investors is one of the key challenges that businesses face, especially as they are scaling.ย The funding landscape can often be difficult to navigate and the demo Directory makes it easier for businesses to connect to potential investors and vice versa.