Business Support and Advice

Starting a business?

Winchester's start up grants scheme
Business Link's business start up web pages
Business Link's company name checker
Find out about social enterprise as a business model - download below

Need some help and support?

Creative industries can seek advice from CIBAS by emailing cibas@port.ac.uk
Employ a local graduate for a 12 week subsidised internship by downloading the leaflet below
Search the useful Business Link website, or speak to an advisor on 0845 600 9 006
Business Link's business healthcheck
Attend one of the networking events listed below
Make sure your business benefits from London 2012 developments

Involved in the tourism industry?

New style Visit Winchester website
Business Link's hospitality and tourism business guide

Going green?

Top ten tips for reducing waste, saving energy, and improving your bottom line
Download the PLATO: Sustain document for sustainable business best practice
Learn more from the Sustainable Business Partnership and attend a sustainable business networking event
Get involved with Winchester Action on Climate Change
Find out more about home working at MATISSE
Encourage car sharing with WinACC

Need some help in the recession?

Business Link's top ten things to survive the credit crunch
Winchester's hardship rates relief scheme
If redundancies are on the cards, download the support document below or contact the Continuing Employment Support Service

Healthy workforce

Take a look at Change4Life's employer toolkit
To help employers manage the risk of pandemic flu to their businesses, and provide them with information for their staff, the Businesslink website has collated practical advice for business on how to prepare for swine flu.

Latest Updates:

Business Awards

Business awards that cover the Winchester District
29/10/2008

Scores on the doors - food hygiene

The Safe2eat scheme is the City Council's scores on the doors approach to food hygiene inspections
15/08/2008

Rural Economy Funding

A new strand of funding from Defra via SEEDA, the South East of England Development Agency, is now available and is called ‘Leader’.
12/12/2007

In this section:

Sustainable Business

There are lots of things you can do in your business to reduce your impact on the environment, and to find the business opportunities environmental change presents.
07/03/2008

Enterprise First

The two leading enterprise agencies in the south east have joined forces: ENTERPRISE FIRST is the name to remember.
12/12/2007

Help is at hand from Business Link

It's a well known fact that small businesses can struggle to maintain their competitive edge against established, larger companies.
29/06/2007

What happens when you aren't around?

Customers today have an expectation that your business will be open when they call, anytime!
29/06/2007

Sustainability in the Workplace

Initiatives to help businesses become more sustainable
17/04/2007

National Lottery Funding

The National Lottery, through a variety of distributors, is one of the largest sources of grants to the voluntary and community sector
05/10/2006

Explosives

This page re-directs you to information about legislation related to explosives
19/09/2006

Business Continuity Management

The City Council as a Category 1 responder also has a duty under the Act to produce Business Continuity Management plans for its own organisation.
03/09/2006

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