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Find Start-up Support

Are you thinking of starting a business and looking for Start-Up Support?

If you’re thinking of starting a business, in the process of setting up or relatively new to business, this is a great place to find inspiration, contacts, practical support and useful resources.

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The Help into Mentoring programme has been designed to support 50 individuals in the old Copeland District Council area thinking about or looking to start their own business or young businesses in the early stages of trading.

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Through the Cumbria Accelerator programme, Cumbria Business Growth Hub is offering support to budding entrepreneurs with the added option of a start-up grant for new entrepreneurs who are trying to get a business off the ground.

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Avoiding Under Insurance

Click here to view the British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) guide to avoiding under-insurance for small and medium-sized businesses.

Barclays Eagle Labs

Barclays Eagle Labs latest videos and articles covering a wide range of topics to help you run and grow your business.

British Business Bank Cash Flow Forecast template.

This is an estimation of the money you expect your business to bring in and pay out over a period time.

British Business Bank

Learn more about start-up loans.

Business & IP Centre Cumbria

Providing advice and support to business owners, entrepreneurs, inventors, and people with a business idea.

Business Insights with Barclays

Helpful information and advice for businesses – read up on business plans, funding options, managing cashflow, trading abroad and more.

Business Model Canvas

Startups can use this one-page model to gain insight on customers, value proposition, channels, competition and finance.

Business Readiness Quiz

This diagnostic quiz from Sage generates a personalised ‘readiness rating’ for entrepreneurs and future founders.

Business Resource Centre

Using our Business Resource Centre you can discover the tools, resources, and advice you need to start and grow your business

Business Start-Up Brand & Marketing Checklist

Creative Hutch have published a checklist of all the tasks you need to consider before you launch your business and also a list of tasks to help your business flourish and grow.

Department for Business & Trade Export Guide

How to move goods from the UK to international destinations, including the EU.

Go Compare Insurance Guide

GoCompare have put together a guide to small business insurance to help business owners understand why they need small business insurance and elements of cover that could be included in their small business insurance policy.

ICAEW Business Advice Service

The ICAEW Business Advice Service (BAS) provides a free consultation to businesses seeking trusted business advice.

HMRC Start-up Forum

The Small Business Forum is divided into three categories: starting your business, growing your business and managing your business.

MoneyHelper

MoneyHelper joins up money and pensions guidance to make it quicker and easier to find the right help, bringing together the support and services of 3 government-backed financial guidance providers.

Sage’s Small Business Start-up Tools

Sage’s content hub distills all the vital elements of starting a new business into the most important six steps to take when getting underway.

Small Business Reputation and the Cyber Risk

Click here to view the Small Business Reputation and the Cyber Risk document

White papers from Experian

A comprehensive range of resources tackling everyday business challenges.