The National Federation of Enterprise Agencies (NFEA)

A large percentage of enterprise agencies are members of the National Federation of Enterprise Agencies. The federation is a network of organisations that offer an array of services to new and emerging businesses, including independent and impartial advice, training and mentoring.

Their site is easy to navigate and contains a list of Local Enterprise Agencies (LEAs), which can be searched by region.

www.nfea.com

Capital Enterprise

Capital Enterprise is a membership body for deliverers of enterprise support in London. It has 3 core remits:

• Internally, it is a membership body with a service offer to its members.
• Externally, it is a representative body championing small business.
• It has a programme management arm for national contracts targeting London.

www.capitalenterprise.org

DD Enterprise Centre

The DD Enterprise Centre was set up In November 2009, it is the only business centre specifically aimed at supporting people with long term health conditions and disabled people to start up, and sustain their own businesses in the country.

They have 7 units to let as office space (for disabled people and those with long term health conditions) and virtual offices (for everyone’s use) with the added bonus of onsite corporate support and mentoring support to help budding businesses really take off!

Amo Raju-CEO The Disability Syndicate:

“The DD Enterprise Centre is a business centre with a difference - our goal is to provide the perfect working environment for disabled entrepreneurs to turn their budding business ideas (start-up or established) into reality”

What makes the DD Enterprise Centre unique is the fact that it is already linked into a number of organisations to provide tenants with more than just a roof over their head and a phone line. DD Enterprise ensures clients get access to years and years worth of business expertise, experience and know how from advisors from local dedicated organisations.

01332 404040
www.ddenterprise.co.uk

InBiz: National Reach, Local Touch

InBiz supports Start-Ups, Micro-Businesses & SMEs across the UK. Operating from strategic locations across the nation, the company focuses on enterprise creation and neighbourhood regeneration.

They work with a number of partners such as Jobcentre Plus, Business Link and Learning and Development Councils to deliver innovative enterprise support programmes.

www.inbiz.co.uk

TNG

TNG has over 25 years experience and is one of the UK’s largest training providers. TNG delivers a tailored training and mentoring service linked to local labour market needs to support people from welfare into work.

TNG also delivers training to employed individuals who wish to gain vocational qualifications, and works with businesses to meet the needs of both individuals and their organisations.

TNG specialises in assisting hard-to-reach groups such as the long term unemployed, lone parents, people with disabilities and ethnic minorities.

www.tng.uk.com

Sandwell Women’s Enterprise Development Agency

SWEDA was established in 1989 as a non-profit making limited company. It was set up to provide business advice, training and support for disadvantaged women. SWEDA targets women contemplating employment, self employment and those already in business. SWEDA’s main target groups are women who are lone parents, on low incomes, women from minority ethnic communities, and those from socially excluded groups.

www.sweda.org.uk

By filling in the required fields, the below websites allow you to search for Enterprise Agencies in your Borough or Region:

Click here to search for Enterprise Agencies by BOROUGH

Click here to search for Enterprise Agencies by BOROUGH

Click here to search for Enterprise Agencies by REGION

Click here to search for Enterprise Agencies by REGION 

Click here to search for Enterprise Agencies by REGION

The links below take you to websites that target a certain demographic. For:

Black & Minority Ethnic Enterprise Click Here

The Black Business Initiative Click Here

The Women’s Business Development Agency Click Here

Mentors’ Den

Mentors’ Den is an organisation based in Cornwall that was set-up to assist disabled people start their own business. They do this in many ways such as: providing free support from trained business mentors, facilitating access to a forum that will enable you to communicate with other entrepreneurs and assistance through other resources that will cover all facets of running a small business.  

The organisation’s objectives are:

• To provide networking opportunities among self-employed disabled people and those setting up and running their own small businesses.
• Signpost opportunities for accessible and appropriate training and development.
• Identify and share a ‘best practice’ on self-employment and small business management with disabled people.
• Assist in looking at strategic issues around disability, small business management and self-employment.

Tel:  01872 862 832
www.mentorsden.co.uk

Intellectual Property

The British Library is a free, worldclass resource that can be used (among other things) to protect your ideas and aid in turning those ideas into a business. Assistance such as free workshops and business advice is available alongside ’surgeries’ with Entrepreneurs in Residence.

www.bl.uk/bipc

Business Improvement

Investors in People offers a business improvement tool designed to help all kinds of organisations develop performance through their people. It provides tailored assessments designed to support organisations in planning, implementing and evaluating effective strategies and is relevant for organisations of all sizes and sectors.

www.investorsinpeople.co.uk