Business Payment Practices and Performance

Statutory reporting duty for large companies and limited liability partnerships.

Tide

Tide offers a range of features, benefits, and support created especially for business owners.

Be the Business - Free Online Support

Are you looking for free business support, information and guidance?

Non-Executive Directors (NED)

Information on Non-Executive Directors and what Non-Executive Directors can bring to your business.

Supplying the NHS

A portal for business contract tendering opportunities with the NHS.

Global Incubator Programme

Are you looking to explore the potential of overseas markets in order to grow your business?

Global Business Innovation Programme (GBIP)

Are you looking to expand into new markets to accelerate business growth?

Scale Up Programme - Innovate UK Business Growth

Support for high potential scaleup businesses.

Scottish Development International - Invest and Trade Scotland

Are you looking for support to set up and grow your business in Scotland?

The Farming Innovation Programme

 The Farming Innovation Programme funds projects that benefit farmers, growers and foresters in England.

Webinars and guidance - selling to government and the public sector

Resources for businesses looking to tender for public sector or government contracts.

Capita Portal

Free to access portal for tender opportunities.

Startups.co.uk

Online resource for people starting and growing a business.

Hatch Enterprise

A source of business support for underrepresented entrepreneurs.

OpenLearn

Free business-related courses offered by the Open University.

Better Business for All

Better Business for All helps you to find what you need to do to achieve or maintain compliance for your business.

International Business Opportunities

Free service linking companies with overseas tender opportunities.

Visit Britain's Visit England - Business Advice Hub

Practical tips, legal obligations and local support for businesses in the tourism sector.

UKRI - UK Research and Innovation

UK Research and Innovation collaborate with other research centres to build an inclusive research and innovation system.

Lloyds Bank Resource Centre

Practical guidance and resources for businesses through guides, case studies, articles and videos.

Be the Business - Free Business Mentors

Are you looking for free business mentoring to improve business performance?

Barclays Business Insights

Barclays Business Insights is an online tool that offers business resources and tips.

Century Business Finance

Century Business Finance specialise in providing business finance with speedy decision making and no hidden fees.

Iwoca

Iwoca offers business loans to all stages of business including those not yet trading.

Federation of Master Builders

Are you a business operating in the building trade?

Innovate

Innovate has been developed by the FCA to foster competition and growth in financial services by supporting both small and large businesses to develop products.

What is Employee ownership and when should you consider it for your business?

More information on Employee ownership.

Mouro Capital

Mouro Capital is a venture capital firm investing in the future of financial services.

SME Climate Hub

The SME Climate Hub is a global initiative that empowers small to medium sized companies to take climate action and build resilient businesses for the future.

Maven Capital Partners

Are you looking for capital investment funding solutions to help your business to grow?

Pension Services

An overview of the services available that offer information and guidance on workplace and personal pensions.

ECF - Enterprise Capital Funds

Enterprise Capital Funds (ECFs) bring together private and public money to make investments in high growth businesses.

BFA - British Franchise Association

British Franchise Association (BFA) is the original and largest not-for-profit trade association for franchising in the UK.

10,000 Small Businesses Programme - Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs Small Business Programme helps entrepreneurs create jobs and economic opportunities by providing access to education and business support.

What are the benefits of employee ownership?

Read on to find out the main benefits of a business being employee owned.

ScaleUp Institute

The ScaleUp Institute is a private sector, not-for-profit company focused on making the UK the best place in the world to scale up a business.

Help to Grow Management

A support programme available to eligible businesses who are looking to grow.

British Standards Institution - (BSI)

BSI enables people and organisations to improve their performance and comply with regulations.

Go4Growth Programme

Support to access public sector procurement/tender opportunities

UnLtd - Growing your social business

Funding and support on offer to social entrepreneurs looking to grow their social enterprise.

IAB - Internet Advertising Bureau

The industry body for digital advertising who provide information, training and more.

National Network of Business & IP Centres (BIPC)

A network of Business and Intellectual Property Centres around the country, for businesses to access intellectual property advice. Many also offer general business support too.

East Suffolk Council

A summary of what information, guidance and support is offered to businesses by the local council.

HMRC - HM Revenue & Customs - The Growth Support Service

A support service to help businesses experiencing certain types of growth understand to understand tax changes.

BGF

BGF can provide the know-how, connections and capital you need to grow your business.

Future of British Manufacturing Initiative (FoBM)

Support for UKI design and manufacturing SMEs looking to accelerate their digital transformation journey.

Creative Growth Finance Debt Fund

Offer loans to creative companies that are looking to grow.

EIS - Enterprise Investment Scheme

The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) is designed so that your company can raise money to help grow your business.

UKRI Funding Guide

Information and funding finder tools showing a range of funding options from research organisations.

Barcodes

Information about adding barcodes to goods.

NatWest Accelerator

The Entrepreneur Accelerator programme offers a range of support for start-up businesses.

Finance Hub

An online hub to help businesses find the right finance programme for their business.

Asset Finance Guide

The Asset Finance Guide from British Business Bank sets out the benefits of asset finance to help business owners decide if this type of finance can help them achieve their growth plans.

British Business Bank - Programmes for Staying Ahead

Established businesses looking to achieve particularly rapid growth, might wish to consider some of British Business Banks scale-up partners through their Staying Ahead initiative.

Business Finance Guide

The Business Finance Guide provides businesses with information on the finance options that are available to them throughout their business finance journey.

Selling to the NHS

A range of opportunities to sell your services into the NHS.

Open To Export

Open to Export is a not for profit social enterprise dedicated to helping UK companies grow through export.

International Trade Guides

Doing Business Guides' are designed to advise and assist UK companies when looking to trade with and invest in opportunity-rich overseas markets.

Open To Export - Export Bootcamp

Export Bootcamp to learn the essentials of international trade in bite-size webinars.

YFM Equity Partners

Equity investment for early-stage small businesses with growth potential.

High Value Manufacturing

The High Value Manufacturing Catapult can help you design, develop and deliver your innovation.

Clean Growth UK

A university-based network, aimed at helping businesses bring new products to market faster, decarbonise their business, and hone their commercial skills.

NESTA

NESTA is an innovation charity with a mission to help people and organisations bring great ideas to life.

London Stock Exchange – AIM Programme

AIM helps founders and entrepreneurs fulfil their growth ambitions and potential.

Business Debtline

A free, confidential, and impartial advice service on how to deal with debt problems.

Trading Disclosures (Trading As, Business Names, Displaying Business Information, Business Websites)

Information and legislation for the use, display and disclosure of company, business and trading names.

Subsidiaries, trading as business names, umbrella companies

Guidance on the sub-structure options for limited companies.

Digital Catapult

The Digital Catapult assists in connecting technology businesses, investors, government and public sector and research/academia.

Department for Business and Trade (previously DIT) - Report a Trade Barrier

A way to report and look for resolutions to new trade barriers or an issue with an existing trade barrier.

UnLtd - Support for Social Entrepreneurs

Support available to social enterprises including online resources, mentoring, network events and more.

Home Business Guide

Information and guidance covering the essentials for setting up a business from home.

Business Guardian Angel (AXA)

A free resource created by AXA Business Insurance to provide news and advice to support small businesses.

Legal guidance on starting a business under 18 years old

Information to help people under the age of 18 with some of the important rules when starting a business at that age.

Department for Business and Trade (previously DIT) - Aid Funded Business

Guidance for UK companies on winning business from international aid and development projects.

The Chartered Institute Of Marketing

The Chartered Institute Of Marketing is a professional marketing body who seek to assist both individuals and businesses.

Invoice trading/selling

If you have a business that is already trading, you might be able to sell/trade outstanding invoices from customers to free up working capital.

Investment Zones

Plans for new zones to be created across the UK to form form knowledge-intensive growth clusters for business and research.

British International Investment - The UK's Development Finance Institution (DFI)

Information about British International Investment, which supports companies that help to develop and emerging countries grow.

Health and Safety: The basics for your business

Useful information for your business regarding Health and Safety.

Department for Business and Trade (previously DIT) - Preparing to Export

A range of resources for companies starting to sell overseas.