General Export Facility

General Export Facility (GEF) provides partial guarantees to banks to help UK exporters to gain access to trade finance facilities.

UKAS - United Kingdom Accreditation Service

UKAS access and accredit organisations that provide certification, testing and calibration services.

Insolvency Service

Information and general advice on personal and company insolvency.

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service Business Support Service

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service has a dedicated, professional business support service team. The team offer free initial consultations, fire safety advice and business support packs.

DBS - Disclosure and Barring Service - Update service

Information on the service for updating an existing criminal record check.

Business Support Service for England

You can contact the government’s Business Support Service for free advice.

Find a Tender service

Is your business looking for new tender opportunities?

PJ's Community Service

Offers training, consultancy, leadership, personal development and social/community enterprise support.

Cumbria Voluntary Service (CVS)

Provide a range of training seminars, advice, statistics and networking opportunities.

DBS - Disclosure and Barring Service

Information on what criminal records checks are and how to have one carried out, which can be mandatory for some job roles and desirable for others.

The Property Advice Service

A programme of support for SME's looking for or occupying a lease in Greater London.

NCS - National Careers Service

The National Careers Service provides information, advice, and guidance to help you make decisions on learning, training, and work opportunities.

Financial Ombudsman Service

The Financial Ombudsman has official powers to sort out complaints between small and micro enterprises, charities and trusts, and financial businesses.

Resource matching service - Invest NI

Offers an opportunity to transfer business waste, unwanted materials and bi-products from one business to be used by another.

Enable - Employer Disability Support Service

Funded support for employers to build an inclusive workplace.

The Northumberland Small Business Service (NSBS)

(NSBS) is a fully-funded service that delivers a range of business support services to ambitious innovators, creative thinkers and small and micro businesses across Northumberland.

ACAS - Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service

Acas gives employees and employers free, impartial advice on workplace rights, rules and best practice. They also offer training and help to resolve disputes.

Greenwich Action for Voluntary Service (GAVS)

Support for not for profit voluntary, community or faith organisations in Greenwich.

The Business Productivity Service - West Yorkshire

Provides a route to fully understanding productivity improvements in your business through access to fully funded consultancy support.

National Careers Service - Skills Toolkit

The National Careers Service has created a finder tool to help you source free skills training.

Trade Advisory Service - Invest NI

Providing NI companies with access to in-market consultants who undertake a range of bespoke projects to help companies investigate and develop export markets.

The Cheshire West and Chester Race to Zero service

The race to zero project is funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF) to support businesses to improve their energy efficiency and progressing to net zero.

HMRC - HM Revenue & Customs - The Growth Support Service

A support service to help businesses experiencing certain types of growth understand to understand tax changes.

Business & IP Information Service Humber (Hull Libraries)

Information and resources about Intellectual Property, legislation, regulations and more.