National Business Organisations
HMRC
Start up Advice
Help and support for businesses - starting a business is challenging and HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) recognises that its customers sometimes need help to understand their tax affairs. For further information please visit www.hmrc.gov.uk/startingup/help-support.htm
HMRC Webinars HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) offer a series of free online presentations or ‘webinars’ to give tax help to businesses and the self-employed.
For more information or to register please visit http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/webinars/index.htm
UK Trade & Investment South East
http://www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk/
Department for international Trade
Engineering and manufacturing support & employment advice for business
Engineering Employment Federation (EEF) - www.eef.org.uk
Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) - http://www.mymas.org/
Valuation Office Agency
tel: 02380 538500
website: www.voa.gov.uk/
DEFRA - for information on Government grants and advice on farm diversification.
tel: 0118 9392057
website: www.defra.gov.uk/
South East England Innovation Relay Centre, London & South-East Innovation Relay Centre, DDA, Cody Building, Cody Technology Park, Ively Road, Farnborough GU14 0LX contact: Diana Phillips
tel: 01252 395755 fax: 01252 393318
e-mail: djphillips@dera.gov.uk
UK Business Forums – Business & E-Commerce discussion and advice – www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/forums/
Start up Loans- Loans/ Mentoring/ Support funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy through the British Business Bank.
www.startuploans.co.uk
Business Continuity - Advice to Local Business
This guide is designed to create a wider understanding of the importance of business continuity management & act as a first step in enabling local businesses & voluntary organisations write their own business continuity plans - www.hants.gov.uk/hcc/emergency/businesscontinuity.html
Free parking – Find out if a domain name is available buy it on line – www.freeparking.com/
Get Safe Online - www.getsafeonline.org
Cloudwards advice for staying safe online - https://www.cloudwards.net/online-privacy-guide/
A New Business – Free on line search tool for business names, trade marks, domain names and company names – www.anewbusiness.co.uk/
City & Guilds - www.cityandguilds.com
Confederation of British Industry - www.cbi.org.uk/
Customs & Excise - www.hmce.gov.uk/
Department for Education & Skills - www.dfes.gov.uk/
Companies House – www.companieshouse.gov.uk/
Office of Fair Trading – www.oft.gov.uk/
The UK Patent Office – www.patent.gov.uk/
Citizens Advice Bureau – www.adviceguide.org.uk/
Investors in People - www.investorsinpeople.co.uk/
Learning Direct - www.lifelonglearning.co.uk/
Learndirect – www.learndirect.co.uk/
National Federation of Enterprise Agencies – www.nfea.com/
Government Funding – Site providing information for voluntary sector and funding available – www.governmentfunding.org.uk/
Start Your Own Business Ltd - www.syob.co.uk/
Small Business Community Forum - This is a vendor independent interactive portal, designed to help local small businesses - www.smallbusinessforums.org/
SmallBusinessPro - www.smallbusinesspro.co.uk
Business Plan Help – www.businessplanhelp.co.uk/
Entrepreneur Handbook - http://entrepreneurhandbook.co.uk/
BUSINESS INNOVATION & SKILLS (BIS) Business Improvement
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills - www.bis.gov.uk
Please see the attachment below titled "The Home business Guide" providing information on how to start and grow a business from home.
Business Support www.gov.uk/browse/business