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Growing your business

Growing your business

Are you ready to grow your business and take it to the next level? If so we have put together a list of schemes and initiatives that are available to help your business grow. Below you can find resources on: 

  • digital marketing 
  • local and national business support 
  • innovation and development 
  • cyber security advice
  • trade and exports

If you are thinking about setting up your own business, we have lots of useful tips on our starting a business webpage.

We have put together a marketing guide full of handy tips and advice for small local businesses looking to increase their social media and online presence. This guide covers: 

  • websites and e-commerce
  • search engine optimisation 
  • social media tips for Facebook, X (Twitter), LinkedIn and Instagram 
  • email marketing 

Below are some local and national resources to help grow and develop your business.

Local support:

National support:

  • Amazon Small Business Accelerator: supports the UK’s thriving small business community by providing a range of free-to-use resources and events to support start-ups, entrepreneurs and small businesses
  • The Federation of Small Businesses: provides a range of useful information and fact sheets
  • Goldman Sachs' '10,000 Small Businesses': an initiative to help entrepreneurs create jobs and economic opportunity by providing access to education, capital and business support services
  • The Department for Business and Trade's Help to Grow: upskilling both big and small businesses across the country by helping them to learn new skills, reach more customers, boost business profits
  • Free webinars are available from HMRC: they cover topics from, trading internationally, tax advice, guidance if you are self-employed and many other helpful business support topics
  • Mentorsme: connects companies with mentoring organisations that can support and guide their growth
  • NerdWallet: they have created a "business growth hub" to support local businesses with a range of services for start-ups and small businesses including financial advice, and business automation.
  • VisitEngland’s free Business Advice Hub: helps tourism businesses to grow, with free resources, advice and toolkits
  • Innovate UK: they offer funds and competitions to help businesses undertake a range of tasks including feasibility testing, product creation and improvement, and research and development
  • Research and Development tax reliefs: corporation tax is available for projects that try to develop practical science or technology solutions
  • Enterprise Europe Network: aims to help businesses innovate and grow internationally.

Fraud can happen to any type of business in many different ways, and no business is too small to be targeted.

Cyber-crime, also known as online fraud, affects thousands of businesses each year, resulting in increased costs, operational disruption, reputational damage and loss of revenue. Below are some resources to help your business stay safe:

The following websites are aimed at those businesses that trade for a social and/or environmental purpose:

 

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