Self-employment

Support for self-employed people and those interested in starting their own business.

England: national support

鈥� support and training to start up a new business

鈥� online education programme for anyone who wants to start a new online business or grow an existing one

鈥� information on starting and growing a business

鈥� support for business finance and writing business plans

鈥� local business network that connects companies together to support each other

鈥� information on how business franchising works and how to choose a franchise

鈥� training, tools and courses to help launch a business

鈥� 5 week course for veterans and service leavers to start a career in construction or construction engineering

鈥� free debt advice service for the self-employed and small business owners

Business Link on 188体育 鈥� information on setting up a business

Business Support Helpline on 188体育 鈥� a small business service for information on starting or growing a business

鈥� support for people building small community businesses and enterprises

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on 188体育 鈥� business information and government announcements

鈥� courses to start, grow or join a digital business

鈥� support for people with a disability seeking self-employment

鈥� online meet up and discussion forum with other entrepreneurs looking to launch a new business

鈥� free support for entrepreneurs from experts (not all services are free)

鈥� membership service providing advice, financial expertise and support for small business owners

鈥� a directory of UK franchises

鈥� publication dedicated to franchising

鈥� provides access to small business loans to entrepreneurs

鈥� lending platform for established businesses

鈥� online entrepreneurship courses

鈥� support for single parents who are considering self-employment or starting a business

鈥� online courses to help start a new business

鈥� business skills matching service to support retail businesses

鈥� support for digital entrepreneurs aged 18-24

鈥� online courses and advice for people looking to start their own business

鈥� information and advice for the small business community

鈥� membership based organisation that provides tools, resources and facilities to grow a business

Kick Off in Business 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this start-up and self-employment training course

鈥� network of business support organisations to support new start ups

鈥� promoting local community partnerships to grow the local economy

鈥� provides online business mentors

鈥� advice for starting a business and information about business and personal insurance when self-employed

鈥� membership body that offers independent advice and support for people thinking about starting a business or running one

鈥� support and information on how to start your own market stall

鈥� support for businesses less than two years old

鈥� free online courses to help someone start a new business

鈥� training, mentorship and funding through an Enterprise Programme for 18-30 year olds

Qube Learning 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this level 2 Creating a Business Start Up course

鈥� business courses and business events

鈥� self employment support for serving and ex-service personnel

鈥� support and mentoring for people looking at self-employment

Self-employment business expenses on 188体育 鈥� information from HMRC away

鈥� online support for people aged 50 and over considering self-employment

鈥� support for refugees interested in self-employment or starting a business

Skillsmax 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this Move into Work programme aimed at people who have been self-employed

鈥� support for starting a business

鈥� part of the British Business Bank which provides start up loans for business

鈥� mentoring program for self-employed people

鈥� provides start up loans, mentorship, workshops and networking events

鈥� support for refugee entrepreneurs with a minimum of ESOL entry level 3 standard of English

鈥� support for women setting up a new business

鈥� financial support for young entrepreneurs ages 18-30

鈥� runs a No Cost Enterprise Course to prepare people for starting a business

鈥� provides loans, supports and an eBook for start up information

鈥� charity that provides funding for social entrepreneurs looking to set up or scale up a business with a social value angle

鈥� new business start up loans with mentoring support

- support, skills and network for women in business who are just starting out

鈥� supports the UK Armed Forces community starting a new business

Avon, Somerset and Gloucestershire

- Enterprise support for any refugee or migrants that do not hold a UK, EU or Swiss passport and has the right to work in the UK wanting to start a business or need support with their existing business

- 8-week course for those looking to become self-employed. Check with Bath College Adult Community Learning for details of the next available course

- Level 1 Passport to Enterprise and Employment

- Contact Cool Ventures for details of the next available Starting in Business webinar or workshop

- A free service to聽help people in paid work, including self-employment, to develop their skills and progress their careers

- Introduction to Enterprise events that cover the fundamentals of setting up a business

- Free, virtual or face-to-face 4-week programme聽to support people in starting a business that makes a change for their community. available for those living or working in North, East or Central Bristol

- as above for those living in South Bristol

- Support for self-employed customers, either planning to become self-employed, in start-up or trading

- Support and online seminars for customers looking to start their own business

- Three day Business Start-up Course for anyone looking to start a business in North Somerset

- deliver a fully funded, one week online course available to any adults (19+) who may be interested in exploring the option of self-employment or starting their own business

- If you meet the eligibility criteria you can access specialist support to help you assess and explore your options for those seeking to develop their own business

- fully-funded, accredited programme is designed for Somerset-based individuals interested in starting their own business or going into self-employment

鈥� Be your own boss. Free 6-week business venture course

鈥� Courses on How to grow your business and Steps to Setting Up Your Own Business

- one week online course available to any adults (19+) who may be interested in / deemed suitable to explore the option of self-employment or starting their own business

- offers free support to freelancers, budding entrepreneurs, and new business owners to help them start and grow their businesses

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire

- Free business advice and training for micro businesses and offices to rent St Albans

Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

- Support those considering self-employment or established businesses

鈥� see website for further information

- Advice for pre-start businesses and small trading businesses provided by Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce

- Starting your own business support

Devon and Cornwall

- can provide support if individuals have a聽business idea to explore or already running a small business. They run a series of Webinars

- offering free workshops to customers in the East Devon area to help customers going / are self-employed looking for advice and support in improving the productivity of the business

- a Plymouth based Business Hub for Minority Ethnicity entrepreneurs

- a single point of access for businesses looking for advice and support and they can help identify funding support where available

- Business support and advice

East London

Go Train 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this 1 week introduction to self employment course in East London

New City College 鈥� contact your Work Coach about these business and enterprise courses for people in Tower Hamlets

鈥� provides start up and self employment support for East London

鈥� provides a 6 week course for mums looking to become self employed in London

Essex

鈥� provides a business start up course for people in Essex

鈥� runs online seminars for starting a new business across Essex

Lightbulb 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this Creating a Business course for people in Essex

Qube Learning 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this Creating a Business course for people in Essex

Twin Training UK Ltd - contact your Work Coach about this Creating a Business level 2 course for people in Essex

Kent

鈥� local information on business support services

鈥� local information on business support services

鈥� local information on business support services

鈥� local information on business support services

Her Biz 鈥� contact your Work Coach about these business start up workshops for women in Kent

鈥� provides support to young entrepreneurs and business owners to grow a business in Kent

鈥� offers business advice services across Kent

鈥� support for new and growing businesses in Kent and Medway

Kick off in Business 鈥� contact your Work Coach for this one week business start up course in Kent

鈥� business support for people looking to locate or expand their business in Kent

鈥� runs a 3 day business start up course for people in Kent, not just Optivo residents

鈥� local information on business support services

鈥� local information on business support services

鈥� local information on business support services

鈥� local information on business support services

鈥� local information on business support services

North London

MLB Learning Solutions 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this Introduction to Self Employment opportunity for people in North London

Cumbria and Lancashire

- Self-employment advice and support

- Lancashire鈥檚 Business Growth Hub

- Support for anyone running a social enterprise providing care services to people within Allerdale.

- Business support

- Join our 8-week bootcamp and learn digital marketing

- supporting individuals with disabilities into Self-Employment.

- designing and delivering training by women for women and to start and grow sustainable businesses.

- One-to-one business interviews, workshops, and seminars on a range of business issues and advice on available grants.

- supporting social enterprises across Lancashire, Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen to connect, develop and grow

Durham and Tees Valley

- Capital funding to support small to medium businesses looking to expand or establish new operations in County Durham

- Retail business support services

- Helping to start and develop business in County Durham.

provides support for people who think they might have a business idea and work with them.

- Grant funding for North East Businesses

- Providing advice on starting a new business

- Funding for companies based in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear and County Durham

- Information and advice on setting up and growing a business, funding and online tools to support customers and employers

Greater Manchester

- Libraries supporting start ups, entrepreneurs and jobseekers across the North West

- advice for small businesses, entrepreneurs and anyone thinking of starting their own business.

- provides free training, advice and support to customers considering supported self-employment through franchising.

- a Council service that aims to help people find work and training opportunities

North East Yorkshire and the Humber

- Help and advice with starting a business

- for young people aged 16-29 who would like to start their own business.

Northumberland, Tyne and Wear

- Business Support

- Business Support and Personal Development across Newcastle-upon-Tyne

- North East business support to start, grow and fund

South Yorkshire

- self-employment support

- business support

West Yorkshire

- Supporting Start-Ups across the Leeds City Region & West Yorkshire

- Free support to new and existing businesses, or anyone with a business idea in Leeds and West Yorkshire.

- support individuals in the South East of Wakefield District.

Birmingham and Solihull

- offers entrepreneurship support

Black Country

- offers professional services supporting local people into employment and self-employment

鈥� provides support for businesses

- offers a Website and Marketing course for those who own their own business

鈥� offers self-employment advice

East Anglia

Cambridge Regional College 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this service for helping you start a new business in Cambridge

鈥� support for starting a new business

City College Peterborough 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this service for helping you start a new business in Peterborough

Clarion Housing Group 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this service for helping you start a new business across East Anglia

鈥� charity that provides microloans and business support for new start ups in Cambridgeshire

鈥� provides self employment support for people in Cambridge and Peterborough

鈥� runs a business start up course for most of East Anglia

MENTA 鈥� cotact your Work Coach about this business start up support service for Dereham, Great Yarmouth, King鈥檚 Lynn, North Walsham and Norwich

鈥� provides support across Anglia for small and new businesses

鈥� provides start up and self employment support for East Anglia

Voncap 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this entrepreneur programme for people in East Anglia

Leicestershire and Northamptonshire

鈥� provides support including a range of free services if just starting out or been trading a while

鈥� provides help with business growth and development

- offers a wide range of one-to-one sessions for anyone who is considering self-employment, and new start-ups

鈥� provides start-up finance or capital to expand an established business

鈥� offers a starting in business programme

- Offers support to people to start and grow their own business

鈥� provides courses for self-employment

鈥� provides free access to 12 hours of support for new business owners

Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland

鈥� offers their programme available to individuals residing in the Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire Leicestershire and Lincolnshire areas

- provide free business support to start-up business owners, entrepreneurs, and inventors across Nottinghamshire and neighbouring areas

Mercia

- offers business grants for start-ups

- offers a range of free business start-up workshops designed to help those considering self-employment or those who have recently started

- offers impartial advice for growing businesses

- offers business support programmes to support business start-up and growth. Also, offers loans to individuals, partnerships, companies and social enterprises

- offers a range of free business start-up workshops designed to help those considering self-employment or those who have recently started

- offers information and guidance on business grants, loans, support and advice

- offers a programme of activities to support and help new and existing businesses

- offers a range of Business and Enterprise Training

- offers self-employment support and courses

Staffordshire and Derbyshire

- offers support to anyone aged 19+ who is interested in starting their own business and earning less than 拢16,000 per annum or unemployed

- helps new and established businesses by providing information and advice on every aspect of running a business

- offers all Derbyshire residents the opportunity to explore business potential and learn how to set up a new business

- supports businesses across the East Midlands whether looking to start a new business or grow an existing one

- Business Start-Up and Business Support Grant Scheme open to people who live in Derby and Derbyshire

- offers training covering basics like; finance, marketing, business planning and legislation

- Business Start Up Masterclass - online live sessions offer help with business planning, marketing and finance

- offers self-employment support programme to residents of Staffordshire

- helps people and communities across Stoke on Trent to use their talents to start and run small enterprises and community businesses

- offers a 2-3 week programme for anyone interested in starting a business

Scotland: national support

鈥� support and training to start up a new business

鈥� online education programme for anyone who wants to start a new online business or grow an existing one

鈥� information on starting and growing a business

鈥� support for business finance and writing business plans

鈥� local business network that connects companies together to support each other

鈥� information on how business franchising works and how to choose a franchise

鈥� training, tools and courses to help launch a business

鈥� 5 week course for veterans and service leavers to start a career in construction or construction engineering

鈥� free debt advice service for the self-employed and small business owners

鈥� online support, local workshops and a business advisor network for people in Scotland looking to start or grow a business

鈥� support for people building small community businesses and enterprises

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on 188体育 鈥� business information and government announcements

鈥� courses to start, grow or join a digital business

鈥� support for people with a disability seeking self-employment

鈥� online meet up and discussion forum with other entrepreneurs looking to launch a new business

鈥� free support for entrepreneurs from experts (not all services are free)

鈥� membership service providing advice, financial expertise and support for small business owners

鈥� a search tool for public sector business support

鈥� advice and workshops for new or emerging social entrepreneurs across Scotland

鈥� a directory of UK franchises

鈥� publication dedicated to franchising

鈥� lending platform for established businesses

鈥� online entrepreneurship courses

鈥� support for single parents who are considering self-employment or starting a business

鈥� online courses to help start a new business

鈥� business skills matching service to support retail businesses

鈥� support for small businesses, social enterprises and the self employed in rural Scotland

鈥� support for digital entrepreneurs aged 18-24

鈥� online courses and advice for people looking to start their own business

鈥� information and advice for the small business community

鈥� membership based organisation that provides tools, resources and facilities to grow a business

鈥� network of business support organisations to support new start ups

鈥� promoting local community partnerships to grow the local economy

鈥� provides online business mentors

鈥� advice for starting a business and information about business and personal insurance when self-employed

鈥� support and information on how to start your own market stall

鈥� support for businesses less than two years old

鈥� free online courses to help someone start a new business

鈥� training, mentorship and funding through an Enterprise Programme for 18-30 year olds

Qube Learning 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this level 2 Creating a Business Start Up course

鈥� business courses and business events

鈥� self employment support for serving and ex-service personnel

鈥� support and mentoring for people looking at self-employment

鈥� ongoing support and advice for people starting a social business

鈥� provides a matching service between growing businesses and mentors

鈥� support and funding for starting a business or project

Self-employment business expenses on 188体育 鈥� information from HMRC away

鈥� online support for people aged 50 and over considering self-employment

Skillsmax 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this Move into Work programme aimed at people who have been self-employed

鈥� support for starting a business

鈥� part of the British Business Bank which provides start up loans for business

鈥� mentoring program for self-employed people

鈥� provides start up loans, mentorship, workshops and networking events

鈥� support for refugee entrepreneurs with a minimum of ESOL entry level 3 standard of English

鈥� support for women setting up a new business

鈥� financial support for young entrepreneurs ages 18-30

鈥� runs a No Cost Enterprise Course to prepare people for starting a business

鈥� provides loans, supports and an eBook for start up information

鈥� charity that provides funding for social entrepreneurs looking to set up or scale up a business with a social value angle

鈥� new business start up loans with mentoring support

- support, skills and network for women in business who are just starting out

鈥� supports the UK Armed Forces community starting a new business

鈥� offers enterprise and entrepreneurship programmes and opportunities for young people in Scotland

East Scotland

鈥� support and advice for starting a new business in East Edinburgh

North East Scotland

鈥� regular events for businesses to connect

鈥� regular events for businesses to connect

鈥� service for people aged 18-30 to rent space to start a business and get access to peer support in Dundee

鈥� a fund to support businesses with ten or fewer employees that are looking to expand their business in Perth and Kinross

鈥� regular events for businesses to connect

South West Scotland

鈥� enterprise hubs in Lanarkshire that provide support for early business development

Wales: national support

鈥� support and training to start up a new business

鈥� online education programme for anyone who wants to start a new online business or grow an existing one

鈥� information on starting and growing a business

鈥� a grant for 25 year olds and over to cover essential business start up costs

鈥� support for business finance and writing business plans

鈥� information and courses to prepare for starting a business

鈥� local business network that connects companies together to support each other

鈥� information on how business franchising works and how to choose a franchise

鈥� training, tools and courses to help launch a business

鈥� 5 week course for veterans and service leavers to start a career in construction or construction engineering

鈥� free debt advice service for the self-employed and small business owners

鈥� advice and guidance to help start a business and Enterprise Hubs for a dedicated work space

Business Link on 188体育 鈥� information on setting up a business

鈥� information, advice and guidance on starting and growing a business, including a Barriers Grant

鈥� support for people building small community businesses and enterprises

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on 188体育 鈥� business information and government announcements

鈥� business finance and advice for companies based in Wales

鈥� courses to start, grow or join a digital business

鈥� support for people with a disability seeking self-employment

鈥� online meet up and discussion forum with other entrepreneurs looking to launch a new business

鈥� free support for entrepreneurs from experts (not all services are free)

鈥� membership service providing advice, financial expertise and support for small business owners

鈥� a directory of UK franchises

鈥� publication dedicated to franchising

鈥� provides access to small business loans to entrepreneurs

鈥� lending platform for established businesses

鈥� online entrepreneurship courses

鈥� support for single parents who are considering self-employment or starting a business

鈥� online courses to help start a new business

鈥� business skills matching service to support retail businesses

鈥� support for digital entrepreneurs aged 18-24

鈥� online courses and advice for people looking to start their own business

鈥� information and advice for the small business community

鈥� membership based organisation that provides tools, resources and facilities to grow a business

鈥� network of business support organisations to support new start ups

鈥� promoting local community partnerships to grow the local economy

鈥� provides online business mentors

鈥� advice for starting a business and information about business and personal insurance when self-employed

鈥� support and information on how to start your own market stall

鈥� support for businesses less than two years old

鈥� free online courses to help someone start a new business

鈥� support for mature people in Wales to set up a business

鈥� training, mentorship and funding through an Enterprise Programme for 18-30 year olds

Qube Learning 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this level 2 Creating a Business Start Up course

鈥� business courses and business events

鈥� self employment support for serving and ex-service personnel

鈥� support and mentoring for people looking at self-employment

Self-employment business expenses on 188体育 鈥� information from HMRC away

鈥� online support for people aged 50 and over considering self-employment

Skillsmax 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this Move into Work programme aimed at people who have been self-employed

鈥� support for starting a business

鈥� part of the British Business Bank which provides start up loans for business

鈥� mentoring program for self-employed people

鈥� provides start up loans, mentorship, workshops and networking events

鈥� support for refugee entrepreneurs with a minimum of ESOL entry level 3 standard of English

鈥� support for women setting up a new business

鈥� financial support for young entrepreneurs ages 18-30

鈥� runs a No Cost Enterprise Course to prepare people for starting a business

鈥� provides loans, supports and an eBook for start up information

鈥� charity that provides funding for social entrepreneurs looking to set up or scale up a business with a social value angle

鈥� new business start up loans with mentoring support

- support, skills and network for women in business who are just starting out

鈥� supports the UK Armed Forces community starting a new business

鈥� a grant for young people starting a business

North and Mid Wales

Community Catalysts 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this 2 year development programme for people in Wrexham looking to run a small business, enterprise, venture or group

鈥� a Business Wales hub and collaborative space for entrepreneurs to work together

South East Wales

Encouraging Enterprise 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this enterprise advice service run by Merthyr Tydfil local authority