Advice and Benefits

Help for Businesses

Woolworths

This area contains the following information for Businesses:

Business help and support
Small Business Rate Relief
Doing Business with the Council
Affordable business space
HM Revenue and Customs Advice Team

The following information may also be of interest to you:

Business help and support

Ten Sixty Six Enterprise

Your first port of call for free advice and help on all the measures being taken to help business through the downturn. For more information visit the Ten Sixty Six Enterprise website.

Train to Gain - South East

Free independent, impartial and comprehensive advice from a qualified Skills Broker. Train to Gain can help identify your organisation's training needs, source the best training solutions and identify available funding. For more information visit the Train to Gain - South East website.

Business Link - South East

www.businesslink.gov.uk gives you all the information, advice and support you need to start, maintain and grow a business. The service is funded by Government and brought to you by the South East England Development Agency.

Business Link is the access channel for business support across the region, including:

free Business Health checks
access to finance advice, credit crunch presentations and finance clinics
guidance and events on how to survive and thrive in difficult times, reducing energy consumption and costs: www.businesslink.gov.uk
access to the SEEDA funded Resource Efficiency programme
access to a specialist skills assessment and the new, more flexible, Train to Gain service
analysis and information on new business opportunities and markets: www.businesslink.gov.uk
access to specialist agencies such as the Manufacturing Advisory Service and UK Trade & Investment

Specific services include

Small Business Reviews - for business trading for more than 2 years, with less than 6 staff
Business Adviser Reviews - for business trading for more than 2 years, with more than 5 staff
Business Advice Clinic - for any business or organisation trading for at least 2 years
On-line business advice for any business, available by phone and email
Business start-up programmes and workshops

To access the Business Link services in your area call 0845 600 9 006 or visit www.businesslinksoutheast.co.uk

Small Business Rate Relief

Small Business rate relief is available to ratepayers who apply to their local authority and who occupy either one property, or one main property and other additional properties (providing those additional properties each have a rateable value of less than £2,200). So far we've awarded 138 small businesses rate relief - in many case dating back to 2007. Visit our Small Business Rate Relief page for more information.

Doing Business with the Council

We are one of the biggest employers in East Sussex and spend in excess of £23 million pounds every year on goods, works and services. Visit our Doing Business with the Council area for more information.

Affordable business space

Our Estates Department has a number of commercial properties available on flexible lease terms to suit any prospective tenant's requirements. Please check our list of available properties.

HM Revenue and Customs Advice Team

HM Revenue and Customs logo HM Revenue and Customs understand that when you're running a business, keeping on top of the paperwork can often get overlooked so they now offer a range of free services to help you understand your tax, National Insurance, VAT and International Trade responsibilities and give you the confidence to get it right, first time. The service is designed for everyone in business, especially newly self-employed and new employers.

Visit www.hmrc.gov.uk for further information, use the on-line booking facility or telephone 0845 603 2691.

This page last updated: 28/07/2009