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Action Energy Loans
Offers interest free loans to help small businesses invest in new equipment to reduce enegy consumption and save money on future bills. |
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Altside Business Village
Part of the Sefton Business Village Partnership, a public / private sector town centre management initiative part-funded by the North West Development Agency. Each Business Village Partnership (BVP) jointly develops and delivers a programme of object |
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Atlantic Gateway
The Atlantic Gateway is one of eight Merseyside Strategic Investment Areas (SIAs) that have been identified as having the greatest potential for economic growth with the help of European Objective 1 funding. It covers parts of South Sefton and North |
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Bootle Business Village
Part of the Sefton Business Village Partnership |
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Business Liverpool
Business Liverpool offers support and information including an investment management service; customised information about Liverpool’s demographics; property search; direct financial support through the Financial Assistance to Businesses scheme and c |
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Business Support Team, Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
Helps local businesses and those locating in the area with all their development needs by working in partnership with the local community, support agencies, local authorities, regional and national government. The Team provides comprehensive advice o |
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Business Link
Free government-funded business information and advice service. Offers free Business Review service and Specialist Support via approved consultants who attract subsidies of up to 40% in areas such as general management, operations, finance, workforce |
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Capital of Culture
Key partners are the 08 sponsors, the Business Liverpool partners (Business Link for Greater Merseyside, Liverpool Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Liverpool City Council), business support agencies including The International Trade Centre and The |
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The Confederation of Social Entrepreneurs
Established by the Merseyside Single Procurement Vision the Confederation acts as a ‘bridge’ between the public sector and social enterprises. It organises networking opportunities and meet-the-buyer events; raises public sector awareness of the soci |
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Crosby and Waterloo Business Village
Part of the Sefton Business Village Partnership. |
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Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
The Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR) has lead responsibility for small business and enterprise policy. The Small Business Service works across Whitehall, the Regional Development Agencies and key delivery partners to en |
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English Partnerships
National regeneration agency that aims to achieve high-quality, well-designed, sustainable places for people to live, work and enjoy. |
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Envirolink Northwest
Offers the Waste Technology Research and Development Initiative likely to be of interest to companies or R&D organisations interested waste management (specifically R&D; implementing waste treatment technology; and carrying out new technology / recyc |
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Environment Connect
Business support sign-posting service designed to help companies increase resource efficiency, productivity and profitability by reducing waste.
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Federation of Small Businesses
Formed in 1974 the FSB has over 205,000 members across 33 regions and 230 branches. It offers assistance and support, while its lobbying arm applies pressure on Government, lobbies politicians in their constituencies and puts the FSB viewpoint over t |
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Government Office for the North West
Represents central government in the North West of England. |
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Greater Merseyside Learning & Skills Council
Greater Merseyside LSC offers the SkillWorks programme that funds 60% of the cost of training and skills development for SME’s who are required to fund the remaining 40%. |
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Invest Sefton, Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
The Council’s main commercial website focussing on Sefton’s business opportunities and initiatives including available business advice and assistance; building cleaning services, financial assistance to industry, development of local growth sectors, |
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Jobcentre Plus
Offers a number of initiatives including New Deal (aged 18-24) and New Deal (25+), both of which offer subsidised employment and Work Trials where the suitability of potential employees can be assessed. |
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Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP)
UK Government scheme enabling firms to tap into the knowledgebase of Higher Education institutions and public / private research institutes and organisations to stimulate innovation. A Government grant is given to the knowledge base partner to cover |
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Liverpool Centre for Arts Development
Liverpool Centre for Arts Development supports and nurtures artistic and creative entrepreneurs from communities on Merseyside |
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Liverpool Chamber of Commerce
Available support includes the New Entrepreneur Scheme (NES), a part-time business development programme for people wanting to start-up and manage their own business. |
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Liverpool John Moores University
JMU has a proactive approach to business growth, delivering business solutions to organisations of any size, at any stage of their development. The University has a range of expertise, products, services and solutions that can give companies a compet |
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Merseyside ACME
Merseyside ACME’s aim is to support the Creative Industries Sector on Merseyside. |
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The Mersey Partnership
Helps shape future economic vision, attracting new investment and developing tourism. |
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Merseyside Special Investment Fund
MSIF comprises a partnership between Merseyside and the European Regional Development Fund Objective 1 programme. The fund manages South Sefton’s Small Firms Loan Fund that gives discretionary loans to job creating SME’s in designated qualifying area |
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National Business Register
Offers free information, advice and support in setting up a new business, company, trade mark, brand and domain name. |
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North West Development Agency
Offers a number of support schemes including Selective Finance for Investment (SFI), a discretionary grant to encourage viable projects in assisted areas that would not otherwise take place. Assistance is also available for Micro, Research, Developme |
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North West Regional Assembly
Represents the views of stakeholders in the region and promotes their interests at a regional strategic level within the North West Regional Assembly. |
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North West Universities Association
The representative body of sixteen Higher Education institutions provides a means for members to co-ordinate their regional activities and identify opportunities for collaboration to maximise their contribution to the social, economic and cultural li |
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Opportunities Shop Limited
Available to SME’s creating employment with training for residents of S1 Bootle and S2 Netherton Pathways areas. |
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The Prince’s Trust
The charity helps young unemployed people (aged 18 to 30) to set-up their own business by offering advice and financial assistance. Support includes low interest loans and in certain circumstances small start-up grants. |
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Royal British Legion Loan Scheme
Offers interest-free loans up to £5,000 for service leavers and ex-service unemployed people (or those facing redundancy or at the end of a short-term contract) to set-up their own business. |
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Sefton@Work
Available to residents of Pathways and Single Regeneration Budget areas in the event of support being unavailable from Jobcentre Plus, Reed in Partnership, Connexions and the Opportunity Shop Limited. |
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Sefton Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Aims to be the first stop for every business in Sefton providing effective representation, information or sign-posting to accredited and approved agencies and a supplier of products and services to develop local businesses. Sefton Chamber of Commerce |
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Southport Business Enterprise
Aims to increase visitors, visitor spend, create new businesses and jobs, and enhance the local environment and safety. Southport Business Enterprise is also part of the Sefton Business Village Partnership. |
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Southport Townscape Heritage Initiative Grants
Designed to support regeneration by helping with the cost of improving historic buildings in the town’s conservation area. It aims to increase economic activity by reducing the number of vacant, underused and poorly maintained properties; enhance the |
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South Sefton Development Trust
South Sefton Development Trust was formed as a successor vehicle to the Single Regeneration Budget 6 Programme overseen by the South Sefton Partnership. The Trust's remit includes supporting local social businesses, creating training and employment o |
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Start Business
Provides over 800 fact sheets, covering start-up ideas, business regulations, marketing and sales topics as well as a section devoted to informative tax guides
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Train 2000
Uses the Power Business Loan Fund to targets women who have traditionally been excluded from loans due to a variety of reasons who set up or develop their own business. |
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University of Liverpool
The University is a major source of innovation and plays a key role in developing employment, skills, research and technology |
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