Open to businesses in Lancashire, including schemes for the wider region and the whole country.
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Open to businesses across England or the UK, including Lancashire.
Make UK
Membership of Make UK, a manufacturing business network, offering networking, advisory boards, briefings and access to a member-only portal. Tiers are Essentials, Enhanced and Add-ons.
TCoE
Membership of the TCoE, a not for profit, industry owned training company for textile manufacturers and associate companies with an interest in the sector, giving discounted services, grant support, and access to the manufacturing supply chain.
RISE
RISE Direct is a support service for organisations in the retrofit supply chain. After a self-assessment, businesses are matched with a RISE Direct Support Manager who provides a tailored support plan on retrofit readiness, procurement routes, partnerships and training.
HM Revenue & Customs
A tax relief scheme for early-stage companies raising money by issuing new shares; individual investors who buy the shares get the tax relief. Companies can receive up to £250,000 through the scheme.
HM Revenue & Customs
A tax relief that companies apply to use to raise money from investors, who receive the relief. The company issues shares, completes a compliance statement (EIS1) and sends it to HMRC; if HMRC agrees it issues a compliance certificate (EIS3) for investors.
Enterprise Nation
Free membership offering business support, events, learning resources, networking and connections for small business founders and owners across the UK. Also promotes the NatWest Accelerator, Powering Local Businesses grants, Google Digital Garage workshops and Supply Connect.
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
The UK government's Business Growth Service gives free, impartial advice, expert-led training through the Business Academy, and personalised guides to one-to-one support, opportunities and funding, through Business.gov.uk and a network of partner organisations.
HSBC UK
A free programme of training, events, insights and AI support designed to help small businesses grow and build resilience. It is open to all and run by HSBC UK.
A police-led, not-for-profit organisation that helps businesses protect themselves from cybercrime through free and paid memberships, offering practical cyber security advice, tools, resources and resilience services.
British Library, Business & IP Centre (British Library)
Free business support, workshops, one-to-one advice and business and IP information at the British Library and over 70 libraries across the UK, for people starting, running or growing a business.
Police CyberAlarm
A free, Home Office-funded, policing-led cyber security service that scans websites and internet-facing systems for known weaknesses and monitors suspicious activity, with an optional Secure Sensor. Offered to organisations of all sizes.
Health Innovation Network
Support from the Health Innovation Network for innovators in health and care, including healthtech companies and NHS clinicians with new ideas, covering early-stage guidance, prototyping, evidence, market access and adoption.
CPI, Centre for Process Innovation
Access to CPI's multidisciplinary experts, specialist innovation facilities for R&D, process development and scale-up work, with customised flexible project options, to help defer capital and workforce investment until a product or process is proven at scale.
UK Government
Free online courses in digital, numeracy and soft skills, which employers can share with staff to upskill them. Aimed at people learning new skills or seeking work, and at employers.
Confederation of British Industry
Paid membership of the CBI giving businesses access to policy influence, practical guidance and evidence-led analysis, and peer networks and events.
NatWest
A free accelerator programme from NatWest with one-to-one coaching, peer networks, expert support and co-working space access, for businesses with ambitions to expand. Open to all business owners, not only NatWest customers.
Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas)
Impartial advice, guidance, training and conciliation for employers and employees on workplace issues such as redundancy, pay, contracts and dismissals.
British Chambers of Commerce, The Diplomatic Advisory Hub
A support hub offering British SMEs strategic insight and connections to help them feel more confident doing business overseas, led by a former UK Ambassador.
National Cyber Security Centre
A free online toolkit from the National Cyber Security Centre giving personalised, step-by-step cyber security actions for sole traders, micro businesses and small organisations.
Co-operatives UK
Co Operatives UK is a membership network for businesses working to promote, develop and unite member-owned business.
Enterprise agency Wenta, offers free one-to-one and virtual support for people starting or running a small business.
North East BIC
A 12-week programme of one-to-one and group mentoring and training to help veterans become their own boss.
The Family Business Foundation, The Family Business Community
Educational and professional development support for current and future generations in small and medium-sized family businesses across all sectors in the UK.
Durham University
Business support from Durham University including Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, enterprise zone accommodation at NETPark, and access to academic expertise and graduate recruitment.