Kick Off Business empowers people to launch businesses and have been doing this for over 10 years. KOB helps the start-up community who wish to set up a conventional business in an emerging or traditional market by offering fully funded, short online courses. The courses are uncomplicated with useful information and guidance for anyone who is in the process of setting up a business or simply just exploring the idea.
Scheme type: National
Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas)Â
Employer Advice’s 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.
Manufacturing Energy ToolkitÂ
Specialist resources and advice to help manufacturers reduce their energy consumption and increase profitability. Manufacturers can reduce their energy usage by up to 46%.
Be the Business Â
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 – UKÂ
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. UK businesses are eligible for finance of £10,000 to £40,000 as long as the business has been trading for at least six months.
Better Business FinanceÂ
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.Â
Big Issue Invest Â
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 LondonÂ
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 – UKÂ
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.