Enterprise Resources

 Developing enterprising graduates

• Be Your Own Boss - Top Tips for Students

Below you will find a range of resources which may be of use to those seeking to start their own business. A range of paper-based resources can also be found in our information rooms, some of which you can take away with you:

• BT Business Insight

insight.bt.com/getting-started

 

• Business Plan Services Ltd

bizplans.co.uk

 

• National Consortium of University Entrepreneurs

nacue.com

 

• Prospects - Self-employment

prospects.ac.uk/links/selfemp

 

• Startups

startups.co.uk

Banks

• Small Business Pro

smallbusinesspro.co.uk

Grants

• NESTA

nesta.org

• Princes Trust

princes-trust.org.uk

 

Credit Union

• ABCUL

abcul.org

Venture Capitalists

• BVCA

bvca.co.uk

Business Angels

• bbaa

bba.org

HM Revenue & Customs

• HMRC

hmrc.gov.uk

Tax

• bytestart

bytestart.co.uk

 

• The British Library Business & IP Centre

bl.uk/bipc

 

• Business Link for London

businesslink.gov.uk

 

• Career at Home

careerathome.co.uk

 

• City Business Library

cityoflondon.gov.uk/citybusinesslibrary

• Dragon’s Den

bbc.co.uk/dragonsden

• Fundfinder

funderfinder.org.uk/personalsupport.php

• Harrow Business Link

hib.org.uk

 

• London Chamber of Commerce

chamberonline.co.uk

• My Business

mybusiness.co.uk

• National Council for Graduate entrepreneurship (NCGE)

ncge.org.uk

• The Prince’s Trust

princes-trust.org.uk

• Professional Contractors Group

pcg.org.uk

• Shell Livewire

shell-livewire.org

• Small Business

smallbusiness.co.uk

• Virtual Directors

virtualdirectors.co.uk

 

• British Copyright Council

britishcopyright.org

• Own It

own-it.org

• ACID – Anti Copyright in Design

acid.uk.com

 

• University of the Arts London - Creative Living

Find your niche in the creative world

careers-creative-living.co.uk

 

• Cultural Industries Development Agency (CIDA)

cida.co.uk

• Craft Central

craftcentral.org.uk

• The Design trust

thedesigntrust.co.uk

• ECCA

ecca-london.org

• Hidden Art

hiddenart.com

 

• NESTA

nesta.org.uk

 

• Social Enterprise

socialenterprise.org.uk

 

• The Bag Lady

the-bag-lady.co.uk

• Prowess

prowess.org.uk

• Women's Business Development Agency

wbda.co.uk

• Women's Enterprise Task Force

womensenterprisetaskforce.co.uk

 

• DreamSpark

Access to professional Microsoft developer and server technologies such as Windows Server, Visual Studio and Expression; Game development tools such as XNA;Also, technical training materials. Downloadable at no cost.

dreamspark.com

 

• Imagine Cup

Global competition that encourages students to apply their imagination, passion and creativity to innovate and develop solutions that show how technology can make a difference in the world.

imaginecup.com

 

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