Business support and advice
Use the links on the left to access different organisations who offer support to businesses, and the types of help which are available.
Liverpool Business Lifeline
Liverpool Business Lifeline is a new website aimed at providing useful advice and guidance for businesses affected by the current economic downturn. It pulls together information on the services and support that is available from the major business support providers, particularly Liverpool Vision, Business Link, Liverpool Chamber of Commerce and Industry and ACAS.
As well as providing advice on sources of funding for smaller businesses, the site also highlights some of the practical help available to enable businesses to shape up the financial management, marketing and sales of their business so that they emerge from the credit crunch with a stronger and more competitive business.
08BusinessConnect
08 businessconnect was created to help businesses take advantage of the opportunities that Liverpool's stint as the 2008 Capital of Culture brought to the city. It is a business club, driven by its membership of over 4600 organisations and individuals, including sole traders, artists and multi-nationals.
The club is free to join and offers members a host of benefits. It also hosts or advertises a variety of events which offer further advice to businesses based in the Liverpool region.
Other useful sites
Below are a number of links to other sites, which we feel may be useful to businesses seeking advice. The list is by no means exhaustive and we welcome any suggestions for additions.
- 08BusinessConnect
- Business Link
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department of Health
- Department for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
- Direct Access Government
- Downtown Liverpool in Business
- Environment Agency
- Federation of Small Businesses
- Government Office for the North West
- Greater Merseyside Enterprise (GME)
- Health and Safety Executive
- Her Majesty's Stationery Office
- HM Customs and Excise
- Inland Revenue
- Liverpool Chamber of Commerce
- Liverpool Commercial District Partnership
- Liverpool John Moores University
- Liverpool Vision
- Merseyside Fire Brigade
- NetRegs - environmental guidance for small businesses