Starting a business? Free advice and support available in Gosport
Start Your Own Business in Gosport – free start-up pack and 180 page start your own business guide
Gosport Borough Council has partnered with Start Your Own Business to produce Gosport editions of its online information, free start-up pack and 180 page guide to starting a business in the UK.
Start Your Own Business in Gosport contains checklists, step-by-step guides and templates plus local information and contacts to help you start and grow your business. You can download both the start-up pack and guide for free, or order a hard copy of the guide (charge applies), via the link above.
Enterprise South (previously known as Enterprise First)
Gosport Borough Council partners with Enterprise South to provide Gosport residents that are looking to start their own business with access to free face-to-face adviser support.
The adviser will take you through a Business Toolkit including a business plan, cash flow forecast, profit and loss forecast and a personal survival budget as well as evaluating various factors that will help ensure the survival of your business. In addition the adviser can also talk to you about financial support, including low cost start up loans.
The one-to-one support can be arranged by contacting Enterprise South via info@enterprisesouth.co.uk.
Solent Growth Hub
The Solent Growth Hub also provides advice via its online portal and you can arrange to speak to a business support adviser via enquiries@solentlep.org.uk or call 02392 688055.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)
HMRC provides a comprehensive online service for employers and businesses, including information on Starting a Business.
Business Advice for Social Enterprises and Mutuals
The following websites are aimed at those businesses that trade for a social and/or environmental purpose. Social enterprises bring in most or all of their income through selling goods or services. They have clear rules about what they do with profits, reinvesting these to further the ‘social mission’. Social enterprises come in many shapes and sizes from large national and international businesses to small community based enterprises.