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"The Annual Small Business Survey 2005 showed that there are at least 55,000 social enterprises in the UK with a combined turnover of £27billion per year."
Advice/Training
Action in rural Sussex
AirS can offer advice and support to individuals and organisations in rural areas who wish to develop a community project or service.
It currently provides expert support to village halls, community shops, and to community support projects including childcare, young people, enterprise initiatives. It is able to offer support to individuals who are developing community ideas that could lead to the establishment of a local social enterprise. It can help with local networking and put you in touch with people with similar ideas and needs. The AirS' website - www.ruralsussex.org.uk - includes social enterprise case studies and information.
Contact Barbara Beaton: Tel 01424 775572
barbara.beaton@ruralsussex.org.uk
Rother Voluntary Action
RVA offers initial advice and help to individuals and community groups who are thinking of setting up a social enterprise, or perhaps are just thinking of earning some income from a service they offer, or a contract they might be awarded. RVA can help you understand the basics of setting up a business, some do’s and don’ts, what you need to consider and find specialist help if and when you need it. If you are looking at a business or income generating project in the Bexhill and Rother area contact us.
Contact: Tel 01424 212642
bcpoffice@btconnect.com
EDEAL
EDEAL is an independent Enterprise Agency established
in 1983 and approved by UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), the government's
lead provider of international business support services. EDEAL's advice
and support services are confidential and impartial, representing
the best and most up to date information available. EDEAL is ISO
9002 registered, an Investor in People and MATRIX accredited.
EDEAL is a not for profit organisation and any trading surplus is
re-invested to support its core activity - the provision of quality
business support at the lowest possible cost to businesses.
EDEAL is NOT part of the government, the local authority or any
other government body.
EDEAL is based in Eastbourne, but business counselling and advice
sessions are carried out in Eastbourne, Crowborough, Uckfield, Hailsham,
Heathfield, Crawley, Hastings and Brighton.
EDEAL delivers New Deal/Work Based Learning for Adults & Business
Link services across a large part of Sussex
If you are just setting out on your own business, EDEAL runs a regular
series of seminars and workshops specifically designed to give you
the information and skills you need. Some are run in partnership
with Sussex Enterprise and are free or heavily subsidised.
And if you are already in business, EDEAL offers a comprehensive
range of business training and one to one advice, providing no cost
or low cost solutions to most of today's business problems and skill
set requirements.
Business Link Sussex
We can introduce you to a Business Adviser who
understands how a social enterprise differs from mainstream businesses.
They will review your business and diagnose where
relevant action is needed to achieve better performance.Our free
Business Advice Service is available to any social enterprise
in Sussex. If you would like more information on social enterprises,
please read our guide titled 'Set up a social enterprise'
Please contact us on info@businesslinksussex.co.uk
1066 Enterprise
Ten Sixty Six Enterprise is the enterprise agency for Hastings
and Rother, and also the Chamber of Commerce for Hastings and St
Leonards. We have a comprehensive strategy for helping those who
wish to start up new businesses and also provide on-going guidance
and support for established businesses.
We have become the main point of contact for business support services
and have expanded to embrace the important roles of Town Centre Management,
and to promote links between education and business through our Business
Broker. en Sixty Six Enterprise is able to provide free confidential
business advice to the residents of Hastings & Rother.
If you have a business idea and are unsure of the next step, contact
us and we will arrange an appointment for you to see a specialist
advisor who can help you evaluate and progress your idea further.
We can hold advisory sessions at Hastings, Bexhill, Battle & Rye.
Ten Sixty Six Enterprise are fully committed to nurturing and guiding
the development of Social Enterprise throughout Hastings and Rother.
Our commitment includes;
- Making available the full business planning and mentoring resources
of Ten Sixty Six Enterprise to Social Enterprise entrepreneurs.
This includes advice and support through our Business Link-branded
services - Sharing our in-house Social Enterprise expertise – we are
a Social Enterprise ourselves and have advised many others - Providing access to our extensive network of organisations and
contacts who work with Social Enterprises - Advising on and providing access to sources of funding, including
our own subsidiary Capitalise Business Support Ltd - Introductions to Social Enterprise Networking organisations to
help you learn from others and find ways to cooperate for mutual
advantage – including the University of Brighton’s
ProfitNet for Social Enterprise Group - Helping develop the sector at both national and local level through
membership of the Social Enterprise Coalition and, along with Hastings
Borough Council, Bexhill Community Partnership, Hastings Trust,
Hailsham Trust, Action in Rural Sussex, Eastbourne Association
of Voluntary Services, East Sussex Disability Association, Harley
Reed Associates; Ten Sixty Six Enterprise are members of the East
Sussex Social Enterprise Network.
Sussex Enterprise
Sussex Enterprise is the largest business organisation in
the county. We support and represent businesses in Sussex.
Established as a business-led membership organisation in 1995, we
are owned by Sussex businesses through their membership.
Businesses of all sizes and industry sectors benefit from our services
because we tailor our approach to your needs.
How can we help your business?
We provide practical business support, training, information and
advice to help your business develop, grow and profit.
We are the ’Voice of Business’ for Sussex. We represent
your views at the highest level to create a better business environment
for all.
Who are our members?
Sussex Enterprise have 2,500+ member companies, and a further 2,700
companies who are members through affiliated town chambers from across
the county.