Starting a New Business Guide

15. Business Information and Advice

Useful Web Pages • www.heartofswgrowthhub.co.uk/start-grow business/starting-up • www.gov.uk/moving-from-benefits-to-work/ starting-your-own-business

If you have never been self-employed then get some advice from a professional. They will support you moving forward, help you avoid some of the pitfalls of setting up and test your business idea to see if it will really fly. Around the UK there are lots of growth hubs for small businesses where you can get free insight into creating a business plan. There are also funded courses such as www.popupbusinessschool.co.uk where you can join other people also looking to get started. If you like learning at home than you can look at other short courses online such as www.highspeedtraining.co.uk/business-skills/ starting-a-business-course.aspx The government also has lots of information about setting up your business at www.gov.uk/set-up-business . Many of the banks have advice tips and pages as well as how to set up your account. Your local enterprise partnership may well have lots of advice and get you connected to business networks.

Need More Advice? Contact Clarion Business Support Unit for more advice: bsu@clarionhg.com