Self-employment
Support for self-employed people and those interested in starting their own business.
– support and training to start up a new business
– online education programme for anyone who wants to start a new online business or grow an existing one
– information on starting and growing a business
– support for business finance and writing business plans
– local business network that connects companies together to support each other
– information on how business franchising works and how to choose a franchise
– training, tools and courses to help launch a business
– 5 week course for veterans and service leavers to start a career in construction or construction engineering
– free debt advice service for the self-employed and small business owners
Business Link on ÒÁÈËÖ±²¥ – information on setting up a business
Business Support Helpline on ÒÁÈËÖ±²¥ – a small business service for information on starting or growing a business
– support for people building small community businesses and enterprises
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on ÒÁÈËÖ±²¥ – business information and government announcements
– courses to start, grow or join a digital business
– support for people with a disability seeking self-employment
– online meet up and discussion forum with other entrepreneurs looking to launch a new business
– free support for entrepreneurs from experts (not all services are free)
– membership service providing advice, financial expertise and support for small business owners
– a directory of UK franchises
– publication dedicated to franchising
– provides access to small business loans to entrepreneurs
– lending platform for established businesses
– online entrepreneurship courses
– support for single parents who are considering self-employment or starting a business
– online courses to help start a new business
– business skills matching service to support retail businesses
– support for digital entrepreneurs aged 18-24
– online courses and advice for people looking to start their own business
– information and advice for the small business community
– membership based organisation that provides tools, resources and facilities to grow a business
Kick Off in Business – contact your Work Coach about this start-up and self-employment training course
– network of business support organisations to support new start ups
– promoting local community partnerships to grow the local economy
– provides online business mentors
– advice for starting a business and information about business and personal insurance when self-employed
– membership body that offers independent advice and support for people thinking about starting a business or running one
– support and information on how to start your own market stall
– support for businesses less than two years old
– free online courses to help someone start a new business
– training, mentorship and funding through an Enterprise Programme for 18-30 year olds
Qube Learning – contact your Work Coach about this level 2 Creating a Business Start Up course
– business courses and business events
– self employment support for serving and ex-service personnel
– support and mentoring for people looking at self-employment
Self-employment business expenses on ÒÁÈËÖ±²¥ – information from HMRC away
– online support for people aged 50 and over considering self-employment
– support for refugees interested in self-employment or starting a business
Skillsmax – contact your Work Coach about this Move into Work programme aimed at people who have been self-employed
– support for starting a business
– part of the British Business Bank which provides start up loans for business
– mentoring program for self-employed people
– provides start up loans, mentorship, workshops and networking events
– support for refugee entrepreneurs with a minimum of ESOL entry level 3 standard of English
– support for women setting up a new business
– financial support for young entrepreneurs ages 18-30
– runs a No Cost Enterprise Course to prepare people for starting a business
– provides loans, supports and an eBook for start up information
– charity that provides funding for social entrepreneurs looking to set up or scale up a business with a social value angle
– new business start up loans with mentoring support
- support, skills and network for women in business who are just starting out
– supports the UK Armed Forces community starting a new business
- Enterprise support for any refugee or migrants that do not hold a UK, EU or Swiss passport and has the right to work in the UK wanting to start a business or need support with their existing business
- 8-week course for those looking to become self-employed. Check with Bath College Adult Community Learning for details of the next available course
- Level 1 Passport to Enterprise and Employment
- Contact Cool Ventures for details of the next available Starting in Business webinar or workshop
- A free service to help people in paid work, including self-employment, to develop their skills and progress their careers
- Introduction to Enterprise events that cover the fundamentals of setting up a business
- Free, virtual or face-to-face 4-week programme to support people in starting a business that makes a change for their community. available for those living or working in North, East or Central Bristol
- as above for those living in South Bristol
- Support for self-employed customers, either planning to become self-employed, in start-up or trading
- Support and online seminars for customers looking to start their own business
- Three day Business Start-up Course for anyone looking to start a business in North Somerset
- deliver a fully funded, one week online course available to any adults (19+) who may be interested in exploring the option of self-employment or starting their own business
- If you meet the eligibility criteria you can access specialist support to help you assess and explore your options for those seeking to develop their own business
- fully-funded, accredited programme is designed for Somerset-based individuals interested in starting their own business or going into self-employment
– Be your own boss. Free 6-week business venture course
– Courses on How to grow your business and Steps to Setting Up Your Own Business
- one week online course available to any adults (19+) who may be interested in / deemed suitable to explore the option of self-employment or starting their own business
- offers free support to freelancers, budding entrepreneurs, and new business owners to help them start and grow their businesses
- Free business advice and training for micro businesses and offices to rent St Albans
- Support those considering self-employment or established businesses
– see website for further information
- Advice for pre-start businesses and small trading businesses provided by Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce
- Starting your own business support
- can provide support if individuals have a business idea to explore or already running a small business. They run a series of Webinars
- offering free workshops to customers in the East Devon area to help customers going / are self-employed looking for advice and support in improving the productivity of the business
- a Plymouth based Business Hub for Minority Ethnicity entrepreneurs
- a single point of access for businesses looking for advice and support and they can help identify funding support where available
- Business support and advice
Go Train – contact your Work Coach about this 1 week introduction to self employment course in East London
New City College – contact your Work Coach about these business and enterprise courses for people in Tower Hamlets
– provides start up and self employment support for East London
– provides a 6 week course for mums looking to become self employed in London
– provides a business start up course for people in Essex
– runs online seminars for starting a new business across Essex
Lightbulb – contact your Work Coach about this Creating a Business course for people in Essex
Qube Learning – contact your Work Coach about this Creating a Business course for people in Essex
Twin Training UK Ltd - contact your Work Coach about this Creating a Business level 2 course for people in Essex
– local information on business support services
– local information on business support services
– local information on business support services
– local information on business support services
Her Biz – contact your Work Coach about these business start up workshops for women in Kent
– provides support to young entrepreneurs and business owners to grow a business in Kent
– offers business advice services across Kent
– support for new and growing businesses in Kent and Medway
Kick off in Business – contact your Work Coach for this one week business start up course in Kent
– business support for people looking to locate or expand their business in Kent
– runs a 3 day business start up course for people in Kent, not just Optivo residents
– local information on business support services
– local information on business support services
– local information on business support services
– local information on business support services
– local information on business support services
MLB Learning Solutions – contact your Work Coach about this Introduction to Self Employment opportunity for people in North London
- Self-employment advice and support
- Lancashire’s Business Growth Hub
- Support for anyone running a social enterprise providing care services to people within Allerdale.
- Business support
- Join our 8-week bootcamp and learn digital marketing
- supporting individuals with disabilities into Self-Employment.
- designing and delivering training by women for women and to start and grow sustainable businesses.
- One-to-one business interviews, workshops, and seminars on a range of business issues and advice on available grants.
- supporting social enterprises across Lancashire, Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen to connect, develop and grow
- Capital funding to support small to medium businesses looking to expand or establish new operations in County Durham
- Retail business support services
- Helping to start and develop business in County Durham.
provides support for people who think they might have a business idea and work with them.
- Grant funding for North East Businesses
- Providing advice on starting a new business
- Funding for companies based in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear and County Durham
- Information and advice on setting up and growing a business, funding and online tools to support customers and employers
- Libraries supporting start ups, entrepreneurs and jobseekers across the North West
- advice for small businesses, entrepreneurs and anyone thinking of starting their own business.
- provides free training, advice and support to customers considering supported self-employment through franchising.
- a Council service that aims to help people find work and training opportunities
- Help and advice with starting a business
- for young people aged 16-29 who would like to start their own business.
- Business Support
- Business Support and Personal Development across Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- North East business support to start, grow and fund
- self-employment support
- business support
- Supporting Start-Ups across the Leeds City Region & West Yorkshire
- Free support to new and existing businesses, or anyone with a business idea in Leeds and West Yorkshire.
- support individuals in the South East of Wakefield District.
- offers entrepreneurship support
- offers professional services supporting local people into employment and self-employment
– provides support for businesses
- offers a Website and Marketing course for those who own their own business
– offers self-employment advice
Cambridge Regional College – contact your Work Coach about this service for helping you start a new business in Cambridge
– support for starting a new business
City College Peterborough – contact your Work Coach about this service for helping you start a new business in Peterborough
Clarion Housing Group – contact your Work Coach about this service for helping you start a new business across East Anglia
– charity that provides microloans and business support for new start ups in Cambridgeshire
– provides self employment support for people in Cambridge and Peterborough
– runs a business start up course for most of East Anglia
MENTA – cotact your Work Coach about this business start up support service for Dereham, Great Yarmouth, King’s Lynn, North Walsham and Norwich
– provides support across Anglia for small and new businesses
– provides start up and self employment support for East Anglia
Voncap – contact your Work Coach about this entrepreneur programme for people in East Anglia
– provides support including a range of free services if just starting out or been trading a while
– provides help with business growth and development
- offers a wide range of one-to-one sessions for anyone who is considering self-employment, and new start-ups
– provides start-up finance or capital to expand an established business
– offers a starting in business programme
- Offers support to people to start and grow their own business
– provides courses for self-employment
– provides free access to 12 hours of support for new business owners
– offers their programme available to individuals residing in the Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire Leicestershire and Lincolnshire areas
- provide free business support to start-up business owners, entrepreneurs, and inventors across Nottinghamshire and neighbouring areas
- offers business grants for start-ups
- offers a range of free business start-up workshops designed to help those considering self-employment or those who have recently started
- offers impartial advice for growing businesses
- offers business support programmes to support business start-up and growth. Also, offers loans to individuals, partnerships, companies and social enterprises
- offers a range of free business start-up workshops designed to help those considering self-employment or those who have recently started
- offers information and guidance on business grants, loans, support and advice
- offers a programme of activities to support and help new and existing businesses
- offers a range of Business and Enterprise Training
- offers self-employment support and courses
- offers support to anyone aged 19+ who is interested in starting their own business and earning less than £16,000 per annum or unemployed
- helps new and established businesses by providing information and advice on every aspect of running a business
- offers all Derbyshire residents the opportunity to explore business potential and learn how to set up a new business
- supports businesses across the East Midlands whether looking to start a new business or grow an existing one
- Business Start-Up and Business Support Grant Scheme open to people who live in Derby and Derbyshire
- offers training covering basics like; finance, marketing, business planning and legislation
- Business Start Up Masterclass - online live sessions offer help with business planning, marketing and finance
- offers self-employment support programme to residents of Staffordshire
- helps people and communities across Stoke on Trent to use their talents to start and run small enterprises and community businesses
- offers a 2-3 week programme for anyone interested in starting a business
– support and training to start up a new business
– online education programme for anyone who wants to start a new online business or grow an existing one
– information on starting and growing a business
– support for business finance and writing business plans
– local business network that connects companies together to support each other
– information on how business franchising works and how to choose a franchise
– training, tools and courses to help launch a business
– 5 week course for veterans and service leavers to start a career in construction or construction engineering
– free debt advice service for the self-employed and small business owners
– online support, local workshops and a business advisor network for people in Scotland looking to start or grow a business
– support for people building small community businesses and enterprises
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on ÒÁÈËÖ±²¥ – business information and government announcements
– courses to start, grow or join a digital business
– support for people with a disability seeking self-employment
– online meet up and discussion forum with other entrepreneurs looking to launch a new business
– free support for entrepreneurs from experts (not all services are free)
– membership service providing advice, financial expertise and support for small business owners
– a search tool for public sector business support
– advice and workshops for new or emerging social entrepreneurs across Scotland
– a directory of UK franchises
– publication dedicated to franchising
– lending platform for established businesses
– online entrepreneurship courses
– support for single parents who are considering self-employment or starting a business
– online courses to help start a new business
– business skills matching service to support retail businesses
– support for small businesses, social enterprises and the self employed in rural Scotland
– support for digital entrepreneurs aged 18-24
– online courses and advice for people looking to start their own business
– information and advice for the small business community
– membership based organisation that provides tools, resources and facilities to grow a business
– network of business support organisations to support new start ups
– promoting local community partnerships to grow the local economy
– provides online business mentors
– advice for starting a business and information about business and personal insurance when self-employed
– support and information on how to start your own market stall
– support for businesses less than two years old
– free online courses to help someone start a new business
– training, mentorship and funding through an Enterprise Programme for 18-30 year olds
Qube Learning – contact your Work Coach about this level 2 Creating a Business Start Up course
– business courses and business events
– self employment support for serving and ex-service personnel
– support and mentoring for people looking at self-employment
– ongoing support and advice for people starting a social business
– provides a matching service between growing businesses and mentors
– support and funding for starting a business or project
Self-employment business expenses on ÒÁÈËÖ±²¥ – information from HMRC away
– online support for people aged 50 and over considering self-employment
Skillsmax – contact your Work Coach about this Move into Work programme aimed at people who have been self-employed
– support for starting a business
– part of the British Business Bank which provides start up loans for business
– mentoring program for self-employed people
– provides start up loans, mentorship, workshops and networking events
– support for refugee entrepreneurs with a minimum of ESOL entry level 3 standard of English
– support for women setting up a new business
– financial support for young entrepreneurs ages 18-30
– runs a No Cost Enterprise Course to prepare people for starting a business
– provides loans, supports and an eBook for start up information
– charity that provides funding for social entrepreneurs looking to set up or scale up a business with a social value angle
– new business start up loans with mentoring support
- support, skills and network for women in business who are just starting out
– supports the UK Armed Forces community starting a new business
– offers enterprise and entrepreneurship programmes and opportunities for young people in Scotland
– support and advice for starting a new business in East Edinburgh
– regular events for businesses to connect
– regular events for businesses to connect
– service for people aged 18-30 to rent space to start a business and get access to peer support in Dundee
– a fund to support businesses with ten or fewer employees that are looking to expand their business in Perth and Kinross
– regular events for businesses to connect
– enterprise hubs in Lanarkshire that provide support for early business development
– support and training to start up a new business
– online education programme for anyone who wants to start a new online business or grow an existing one
– information on starting and growing a business
– a grant for 25 year olds and over to cover essential business start up costs
– support for business finance and writing business plans
– information and courses to prepare for starting a business
– local business network that connects companies together to support each other
– information on how business franchising works and how to choose a franchise
– training, tools and courses to help launch a business
– 5 week course for veterans and service leavers to start a career in construction or construction engineering
– free debt advice service for the self-employed and small business owners
– advice and guidance to help start a business and Enterprise Hubs for a dedicated work space
Business Link on ÒÁÈËÖ±²¥ – information on setting up a business
– information, advice and guidance on starting and growing a business, including a Barriers Grant
– support for people building small community businesses and enterprises
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on ÒÁÈËÖ±²¥ – business information and government announcements
– business finance and advice for companies based in Wales
– courses to start, grow or join a digital business
– support for people with a disability seeking self-employment
– online meet up and discussion forum with other entrepreneurs looking to launch a new business
– free support for entrepreneurs from experts (not all services are free)
– membership service providing advice, financial expertise and support for small business owners
– a directory of UK franchises
– publication dedicated to franchising
– provides access to small business loans to entrepreneurs
– lending platform for established businesses
– online entrepreneurship courses
– support for single parents who are considering self-employment or starting a business
– online courses to help start a new business
– business skills matching service to support retail businesses
– support for digital entrepreneurs aged 18-24
– online courses and advice for people looking to start their own business
– information and advice for the small business community
– membership based organisation that provides tools, resources and facilities to grow a business
– network of business support organisations to support new start ups
– promoting local community partnerships to grow the local economy
– provides online business mentors
– advice for starting a business and information about business and personal insurance when self-employed
– support and information on how to start your own market stall
– support for businesses less than two years old
– free online courses to help someone start a new business
– support for mature people in Wales to set up a business
– training, mentorship and funding through an Enterprise Programme for 18-30 year olds
Qube Learning – contact your Work Coach about this level 2 Creating a Business Start Up course
– business courses and business events
– self employment support for serving and ex-service personnel
– support and mentoring for people looking at self-employment
Self-employment business expenses on ÒÁÈËÖ±²¥ – information from HMRC away
– online support for people aged 50 and over considering self-employment
Skillsmax – contact your Work Coach about this Move into Work programme aimed at people who have been self-employed
– support for starting a business
– part of the British Business Bank which provides start up loans for business
– mentoring program for self-employed people
– provides start up loans, mentorship, workshops and networking events
– support for refugee entrepreneurs with a minimum of ESOL entry level 3 standard of English
– support for women setting up a new business
– financial support for young entrepreneurs ages 18-30
– runs a No Cost Enterprise Course to prepare people for starting a business
– provides loans, supports and an eBook for start up information
– charity that provides funding for social entrepreneurs looking to set up or scale up a business with a social value angle
– new business start up loans with mentoring support
- support, skills and network for women in business who are just starting out
– supports the UK Armed Forces community starting a new business
– a grant for young people starting a business
Community Catalysts – contact your Work Coach about this 2 year development programme for people in Wrexham looking to run a small business, enterprise, venture or group
– a Business Wales hub and collaborative space for entrepreneurs to work together
Encouraging Enterprise – contact your Work Coach about this enterprise advice service run by Merthyr Tydfil local authority