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BUSINESS LINK

Business Link is a government-funded service designed to promote enterprise. All support is independent and impartial, and most services are provided free of charge.

Their advisors aim to understand your problems, challenges and goals, providing information and advice to help you make the most of your business opportunities.

The Business Link website contains more than 500 guides and 40 interactive business tools to help you start, run and grow your business:

› www.businesslink.gov.uk/east

Business Link also provide a range of courses, many of which are free. Whatever stage you're at in the development of your business and staff, you'll find local workshops, briefings and courses designed to meet your specific needs:

› www.bookevents.org

Did you know you can get new leads through Business Link if you provide a service?

The Supplier Brokerage Service is a database of suppliers which Business Link in the East of England uses to identify suppliers offering the services its customers need to help start, develop and grow their businesses:

› www.supplierbrokerage.co.uk

The database is open for suppliers to register their interest and willingness to provide their services to established companies and/or offer advice to people planning to start up in business.