ADVICE - BUSINESS |
Citizens Advice Bureau
www.citizensadvice.org.uk
Federation of Small Businesses
www.fsb.org.uk
InBiz Ltd
www.inbiz.co.uk
Help for unemployed prople who would like to start their
own business
National Federation of Enterprise Agencies
www.nfea.com
Regional Development Agencies
www.englandsrdas.com
Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) were set up by
Government to promote sustainable economic development
in England
Small Business
www.smallbusiness.co.uk
A range of advice for small businesses
UK Business Forums
www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk
Wired Wessex
www.wiredwessex.com
Offers support and advice for IT and new media
BUSINESS MENTORING |
horsesmouth (Online Mentoring).
From start-ups to FTSE 100 companies, online mentoring
offers great benefits for business. Find and share knowledge
in a safe, constructive environment with mentors from
every background and business sector. http://www.horsesmouth.co.uk/publisha.content/spotlight/default.publisha
BUSINESS PLANNING |
A New Business
www.anewbusiness.co.uk
Free online search tool for business names, trade marks,
domain names
Business Plan Help
www.businessplanhelp.co.uk
Help with business plans
Freeparking
www.freeparking.com
Find out if a domain name is available. Buy it online
FAMILY HELP |
Childcare Link
www.childcarelink.gov.uk
Government site of Sure Start
Maternity Alliance
www.maternityalliance.org.uk
Providing guidance and advice for parents
One Parent Families
www.oneparentfamilies.org.uk
A charity offering support for lone parents
FRANCHISE INFORMATION |
British Franchise Association
www.british-franchise.org
Home of the governing body for franchises
FUNDING SOURCES |
Enham Business Ability
www.enham.org.uk
Fredericks Foundation
www.fredericksfoundation.org
Live Wire
www.shell-livewire.org
Prime
www.primeinitiative.org.uk
Princes Trust
www.princes-trust.org.uk
South Coast Moneyline
www.scmoneyline.org.uk
Young Enterprise
www.young-enterprise.org.uk
GOVERNMENT SITES |
Companies House
www.companieshouse.gov.uk
Companies House official site
Office of Fair Trading
www.oft.gov.uk
The UK Patent Office
www.patent.gov.uk
Copyright, Designs, Patents and Trade Marks in the UK
Trade & Industry
www.dti.gov.uk
HEALTH & SAFETY |
Health & Safety Executive
www.hse.gov.uk
Home of H& S executive free leaflets available
INSURANCE |
All Business Insurance
www.allbusinessinsurance.co.uk
Insurance quotations
LEARNING |
Learndirect
www.learndirect.co.uk
Hundreds of online courses
Life Long Learning
www.lifelonglearning.co.uk
Career Development Loan information
The Association of Business Schools
www.the-abs.org.uk
LEGAL ADVICE |
Law Society
www.lawsociety.co.uk
MARKETING |
UK Link Exchange
Find link exchange partners within the UK. All sites
are vetted for content.
Institute of Marketing
www.cim.co.uk
Your Marketing Manager
yourmarketingmanager.co.uk
Free marketing resource
NEWSLETTERS - BUSINESS |
Small Business Newsletter
First Voice
www.firstvoice.co.uk
"Business Network"magazine
ONLINE MARKET RESEARCH |
Marketest. Leading online market research company for business start-ups. Starting a business or launching a new product? Test the market first! www.marketest.co.uk
ORGANISATIONS - BUSINESS |
Chambers of Commerce
www.chamberonline.co.uk
Business Link
www.businesslink.gov.uk
Confederation of British Industry
www.cbi.org.uk
Forum of Private Business
www.fpb.co.
Trade Association Directory
www.taforum.org
PORTALS - BUSINESS |
All Business
www.allbusiness.com
Biz Help 24
www.bizhelp24.com
Byte Start
www.bytestart.co.uk
New Business
www.newbusiness.co.uk
Now lets get started
www.nowletsgetstarted.co.uk
Real Business
www.realbusiness.co.uk
www.smallbusiness.co.uk
Start in business
www.startinbusiness.co.uk
Start Ups
www.startups.co.uk
Starting my business
www.startingmybusiness.biz
Total-entrepreneur
www.total-entrepreneur.com
REDUNDANCY & JOB LOSS |
Armchair Advice. Advice and information regarding redundancy and job loss. Armchair Advice.
REFERENCE SOURCES |
BBC
www.bbc.co.uk/freshstart/start_a_business
Business Start Up section
Beyond Bricks
beyondbricks.ecademy.com
B2B networking site
Business Networking Tips
Online business development advice for word of mouth
marketing and free sales lead generation through new
contacts. How to generate referrals, get the most out
of networking meetings. Tips for personal, career and
home networking.
www.business-networking-techniques.com
Business Services Directory
Business
Services Directory - UK business services including
procurement, telesales, telemarketing, payroll and finance
services.
Business Know How
www.businessknowhow.com
US based site also provides free weekly newsletter
Businessballs
www.businessballs.com
Free material & ideas
Checkmyfile
www.checkmyfile.com
Obtain free neighbourhood searches - useful research
tool
Cobweb
www.cobwebinfo.com
Home of BIF's and BOP's; also the place to subscribe
to BAD News e-mail letter
Entrepreneur
www.entrepreneur.com
US information site
My Business
www.mybusiness.co.uk
Business information
Nomis Web
www.nomisweb.co.uk
Government statistics
Starting a Business
www.startingabusinessinbritain.com
Statistics
www.statistics.co.uk
Government statistics
Up My Street
www.upmystreet.com
Info by postcode area
Small Business Research
smallbusinessportal.co.uk
Small Business Research
SOFTWARE |
Business Management Software
eBMS offers solutions in the areas of enterprise
business management, business intelligence, balanced
scorecards, enterprise wide excel and application development.
eBMS includes workflow and automatic scheduling of events.
www.ebms.com.au
TAX |
Customs & Excise
www.hmce.gov.uk
Inland Revenue
www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk
WOMENS ORGANSIATIONS |
Mother at Work
www.motheratwork.co.uk
Womens Wisdom
www.womenswisdom.co.uk
Organisation helping women thinking of starting a business.
WEB DESIGN |
Logorunner Web Design Studio - Logo and web design studio Cambridge. The logorunner studio produces high quality, bespoke logos and corporate branding material, including unique, innovative web design.
Pimagine - Creative Design & Print | Marketing | Web Design
Pimagine is a UK based specialist Creative Design & Print, Marketing and Web Design agency.
WEB DIRECTORIES |
Find
a handyman
Find tradesmen and service providers quickly and easily.
With MyHammer its free and there is no obligation.
The Free Directory UK British orientated web site links
Listen to Online TV for Free. This site is listed under Education and Training Directory
The Moo Web
Directory
Human Edited Web Directory with strong one
way links with options for free or paid reviews
Free Links Directory - The PR 5 directory that gets results.
Reciprocal Link Exchange - listing the top UK retailers with a categorised directory and searchable product database.
SouthernUK
Online advertising and web design
www.southernuk.com
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