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Enterprise resources 

 

 

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:

 

Getting Started

 

  • 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

 

Finance

 

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

 

General Business Advice

 

  • 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

 

Copyright

 

  • British Copyright Council

britishcopyright.org

 

  • Own It

own-it.org

 

  • ACID – Anti Copyright in Design

acid.uk.com

 

Creative Business

 

  • 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

 

  • Social Enterprise

socialenterprise.org.uk

 

Support for Female Entrepreneurs

 

  • 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

 

Technology and IT Resources

 

  • 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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Updated: 1/14/2011 By: John McMenamin
 
 
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