If you are thinking about starting up a new business or even if you are already an established business, there's a host of business support and advice services available.
For more information on the current open grant schemes, please visit the UKSPF Grants Webpage.
Funded by Tendring District Council and provided by Colbea, this business support and guidance service is available to the new and growing business community in the district. It consists of a specialist one-to-one advisory service with fully qualified advisors helping with all aspects of running a business. Advisors can also signpost you to our various development programmes, helping you to grow yourself, your staff, and your business.
Contact Colbea today on enquiries@colbea.co.uk or call 01206 548 833.
The team also shares news on the latest courses, grant schemes, events and much more via the Tendring4Growth eBulletin which is free to subscribe to.
Colbea supports businesses in Colchester and the surrounding areas, delivering around 1000 training events and advice sessions per year. Join their networking groups, access managed workspace and virtual office solutions as well as free business advice. Working in partnership with Tendring District Council as part of the Tendring4Growth initiative, up to 3 fully-funded sessions with an accredited business support advisor at Colbea are available to Tendring businesses to start up or grow.
If you are looking to test your business idea, set up, or are ready to grow, Colbea has a programme to help you develop. A range of entrepreneurial training is available to support you and your business:
For more information, visit the Colbea website
The BEST Growth Hub provides businesses in Essex with a single point of access to a wide range of local, regional and national support. Guiding and nurturing businesses – from start up to scale-up - their friendly and experienced team offer FREE and impartial signposting on funding and finance options, 1-2-1 business advice, skills and training and much more in order to help you find the right support for your business.
Contact the BEST Growth Hub by calling 01424 322686, emailing info@bestgrowthhub.org.uk or click here to visit the website.
The Backing Essex Business programme offers new and existing businesses up to 12 hours free business support. They can help you with business planning, funding, supply chain building, training and recruitment, and business evaluation.
Backing Essex Business are also one of the Essex providers for the Recovery Loan Scheme. If your business has been affected by the pandemic you could be eligible to borrow up to £150k to help your business recover.
HM Revenue & Customs provide a FREE e-learning tool that covers the tax and National Insurance issues involved in starting your own business.
The package can be completed in bite-size pieces and covers subjects including:
Incorporated into the package are learning checks and videos as well as links to further advice on YouTube & gov.uk website. Start the tutorial here
There are a range of business allowances and tax incentives which businesses may be able to take advantage of. For up to date information the GOV.UK website has information on Grants and Government Support.
The GOV.UK website is a service designed to promote enterprise. Whether you are already running or growing a business or just starting out, the GOV.UK website is a good place to start as it provides easy-to-use, tailored information to help you start-up, improve or grow your business, features include:
For further information on starting up or developing your business visit the GOV.UK website
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