Business Link
Business Link is a Government funded service designed to provide practical advice for businesses. This ranges from advice on starting up and available finance right through to capitalising upon your ideas and selling your business. It can help no matter what stage you and your business are at.
www.businesslinksw.co.uk
enquiry@businesslinksw.co.uk
Tel: 0845 600 9966
Gloucestershire Enterprise Business Services
Gloucestershire Enterprise Business Services provides a whole host of opportunities to help your company grow. These range from Mentoring (for fledgling businesses), Business Reviews, and business skills, such as book keeping, through to the provision of specialist courses. The company is not for profit' and its services are heavily subsidised by its partners, including the SWRDA and the local districts.
www.glosebs.co.uk
info@glosebs.co.uk
Tel: 01242 864 200
Gloucestershire First
The company is 'not for profit' and has the following goals in which it hopes to achieve in the areas to which it operates:
- Understand the needs and expectations of existing and potential employers and investors
- Focus support on the needs of key business sectors
- Inform and influence the strategies and programmes of partners and organisations that impact the economy of the County
- Promote the economic potential of the County to existing and prospective employers and investors
- Identify, develop and facilitate community regeneration and wellbeing initiatives
- Encourage and facilitate partnership solutions
www.glosfirst.co.uk
info@glosfirst.co.uk
Tel: 01242 864190
South West Regional Development Agency (RDA)
The South West Regional Development Agency aims to improve the economy of the South West by encouraging better skills provision, driving innovation enterprise and improving communications. Other activities include promoting the strengths of the region and helping people to regenerate their communities.
http://www.southwestrda.org.uk
enquiries@southwestrda.org.uk
Tel: 01392 214 747
Gloucestershire Chamber of Commerce & Industry
The aim of the Gloucestershire Chamber of Commerce & Industry is to 'Be the voice and to provide the forum for county business to prosper.' This is provided through activities including seminars on current legislation, regular networking events, promotional opportunities and provision of up-to-date business information.
This is an umbrella Chamber which covers the whole of Gloucestershire. For a more comprehensive list of Chambers of Commerce and Industry within Gloucestershire please contact Gloucestershire Chamber.
http://www.gloscci.org
Info@gloscci.org
Tel: 01242 864164
Confederation of British Industry
The CBI's mission is 'to help create and sustain the conditions in which businesses in the United Kingdom can compete and prosper for the benefit of all.'
They lobby on behalf of UK business on national and international issues. The CBI’s policy is driven by the needs of its members from all sectors and sizes as they are actively engaged in the policy making process.
http://www.cbi.org.uk
Tel: 0117 927 9303
Federation of Small Businesses
Unlike the CBI, the FSB is a group specifically promoting and protecting the interests of the self-employed and owners of small firms. For its members it offers assistance and conveys the wishes and issues important to its members.
Their vision is for 'A community that recognises, values and adequately rewards the endeavours of those who are self employed and small business owners within the UK'.
http://www.fsb.org.uk
paul.goffe@fsb.org.uk
Tel: 0845 257 6030