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, via the link above.
Hampshire Growth Hub
The Hampshire Growth Hub is funded by Government to assist local businesses to start, grow or scale. It offers 1-2-1 support plus access to a range of local, regional and national business support services. More details are available via its website and it can be contacted via growth.hub@hants.gov.uk or 0370 779 6350.
Federation of Small Businesses
The FSB offers a range of services to support start-up and small businesses, including online guides and a step-by-step guide to starting a business. FSB Membership provides additional benefits, with more details available via their website.
Hampshire Chamber of Commerce
HCoC’s Chamber of Solutions is their dedicated business support programme with online, in-person and peer-to-peer support to help you address the challenges that you face. Chamber membership provides additional benefits, with more details available via their website.
X-Forces
X-Forces supports armed forces community businesses, including free resources and guides to help you start a business. It can also provide access to funding and mentoring via the Government backed Start-up Loan scheme.
GOV.UK
Government provided advice and support is accessible via its Business and Self-Employed web content, including a section on Setting-up.
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.