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Advice on becoming self-employed
- Being Self Employed as a Disabled Person - guidance from the Association of Disabled Professionals (.pdf)
- Business in Prisons - providing support for offenders.
- Clearlybusiness - articles and guidance online, including doing a SWOT analysis and planning, funding, cash and loans, rules and regulations, from Barclays Bank.
- Creative Pioneer Programme - for graduates with innovative business ideas in the creative industries, including residential course and opportunity to apply for a Pioneer Award of up to £35,000.
- Hallmarks of a Social Enterprise - guidance on starting a community business, from Co-Enterprise Birmingham (.pdf)
- New Deal - Self-employment - information on how New Deal can help unemployed people.
- Practical advice for business - includes a section on starting up and other key information on getting advice and support, from Business Link services.
- Prince's Trust - good support for people 14 - 30 starting a business, including training, mentoring, grants and loans.
- Prime Initiative - supporting people over 50 set up in business, includes news and newsletter, online guides (PDF format), events and research, also online discussion forum.
- Real Deal - questionnaires, tips and templates for anyone considering starting a business, including writing a business plan and preparing to pitch to investors, from Channel 4.
- Running a Business - including a guide to start-up pitfalls, from the BBC.
- Self-employment - advice from Prospects for graduates on setting up a business and working as a freelance worker.
- Self-employment Attitude Test - interactive test and other information and advice on starting up a new business and growth issues, from the Business Bureau UK.
- Self-employment Checklist - useful list of issues and basic information from Advice Guide from the Citizens Advice Bureau.
- Setting-up in business or self-employment if you are a disabled person - information about the Self-Employed Agency and other government support.
- Shell LiveWIRE - support for 16 - 30 year olds to start and develop new businesses, including useful online guidance on action plans and planning, personal development plans, key business information, seminars, events and competition.
- Starting a Business - aimed at women in Scotland, with general information and advice for others, including checklists, start-up tools, presentations from workshops, including work-life balance, advice online and networking.
- Starting a Small Business - advice including detailed advice on writing business plans with sample plans and includes articles for all businesses including non-profit, also quiz and calculators.
- Starting Up Guide - guidance, news and business issues from NatWest Bank.
- Starting Your Business - advice and guidance, business software to download, small business information on key topics, from the Royal Bank of Scotland.
- Startups - comprehensive resource covering a wide range of business issues, including guides to specific sectors, events, newsletter, awards, news and online discussion forum, from the Bank of Scotland.
- Young Enterprise UK - workshops, seminars and experience of running a company for students in schools, colleges, universities and other groups. Contact the regional centre for more information. Also some online resources on regional websites.
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General self-employment and business advice
- Advice on Access to Work for disabled people - written for visually impaired people, it explains the process and gives examples of how to apply.
- Business Advice Open Days - organised by Customs and Excise and other government and public sector agencies and organisations to support small and medium sized businesses.
- Business Dynamics - educational programmes and study tours for students 14 - 19 to encourage business enterprise.
- Community Development Finance Association - providing capital and support for individuals and organisations develop and create wealth in disadvantaged communities or under-served markets, including online guides.
- Ethnic Minority Business Forum - regular meetings around the country.
- Everywoman - resources and events for women business owners, including online guides and information.
- Federation of Small Businesses - website includes reports and briefings.
- Home Business Alliance - a mix of resources and links, including a guide to working from home and a guide to taxation.
- How to write a community business plan: is there a standard business plan? - useful checklist and advice.
- NESTA - funds innovative ideas for business and awards.
- Prowess - supporting women in business, including links to local support, examples of successful women's enterprises, links to online support from other organisations.
- Self-employed - tax information - useful information, including calculators, key dates, helplines, rates and allowances, from the Inland Revenue.
- Small Business Advice - advice online including information on business learning networks, business plans, guides and templates.
- Small Business Service - includes information on finance, including grants, funds and loans, links to useful agencies, research and statistics and services for small businesses, leaflets for potential entrepreneurs and news on start-up funds for regions.
- Social Enterprise - information, news, policy and links from the DTI.
- Social Enterprise Coalition - large list of online and other resources, news and events, for businesses with a social purpose, includes good links to start-up information, including feasibility studies, business plans, income sources, handbooks and magazines.
- Young Enterprise UK - workshops, seminars and experience of running a company for students in schools, colleges, universities and other groups. Contact the regional centre for more information. Also some online resources on regional websites.
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