Funding Finder

Funds are vital in any business in order to stabilise, recover or grow. Unfortunately, for many businesses, finding funding opportunities proves almost impossible. However, even during tough economic times, millions of pounds are available each year for small businesses. The Business Support on Demand funding finder service allows us to search our funding database to access hundreds of schemes that are available within the Yorkshire and Humber region. In essence, as a Business Support on Demand member, you have access to our extensive knowledge of the funding arena. The service is available to all Business Support on Demand members across a number of industries and sectors.

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1 - 1 Mentoring

Running your own business can be a lonely and challenging role. Many small businesses are unable to have a management structure to offer much needed advice and guidance. At Business Support on Demand we pride ourselves in providing businesses with their own, dedicated business advisor. Our advisers guide you through our network of support services with the aim of solving your business problems quickly and efficiently. Each Business Support on Demand member has access to their own business adviser, who is available to support them with any business issues that may arise.

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HR Support

Whilst human resource paperwork is essential to any business; it can also be time consuming and may not be the most productive use of a business owners time. Business Support on Demand’s HR support allows businesses to save time and money. With access to a database of policy and procedure documentation, the HR support service is the perfect solution to assist workforce development and staff retention. The documentation is an ideal reference for employers on numerous human resource and policy issues. It is recommended that employers seek legal advice to ensure it is in keeping with their existing policies and procedures.

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Health and Safety Analysis

We realise that health and safety is a vital element of any business. Without the correct measures in place, many businesses could face prosecutions and convictions for breaches of health and safety regulations. Business Support on Demand believes that health and safety should not be a barrier to overcome for your business. With numerous business benefits, our health and safety service provides cost effective solutions to your problems. Our free, tailored health and safety compliance check is available to all Business Support on demand members.

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Marketing Support

It can be almost impossible for small businesses to see potential opportunities that may exist within their market place. Time constraints and a lack of knowledge and understanding may prevent a business from increasing their market penetration. Many small businesses don’t have the luxury of a marketing manager with thousands of pounds to spend. All Business Support on Demand members are assigned a marketing adviser who can offer specialist advice and guidance. In addition, all Businesses Support on Demand members receive a free 30 day Search Engine Optimisation trial for their website.

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Regular Communication

When running your own business it is essential to keep up to date on issues that could affect you and your business. At Business Support on Demand we communicate regularly with our clients to build long lasting business relationships. Each Business Support on Demand member receives monthly communication to keep them up to date of the latest, funding, tendering, marketing and business opportunities available to them.

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GrowthAccelerator Scheme

Published by bizsupport on Sun, 02/17/2013 - 12:57

Funds are crucial to any business in order to grow. However, in the current economic climate it may seem more difficult to access funding pots. At Business Support on Demand member it’s our job to find funding streams for you to tap into. This article will concentrate on the GrowthAccellerator.

What is the scheme?
The GrowthAccelerator scheme is a £200m Government backed initiative to help England’s high growth businesses achieve their ambition and potential.

How does it run?
Then GrowthAccelerator initiative is delivered by some of the country’s leading specialists in business growth. Each business is assigned a GrowthAccelerator coach to address your business needs. Business experts will then work with key personnel in the organisation to identify the barriers to growth. An action plan will then be agreed to execute the changes. Issues include:

Developing and delivering a tailored growth strategy
Becoming investment ready and securing finance
Commercialising innovation effectively
Developing leadership and management capability

How will it help me?
The GrowthAccelerator, provides comprehensive support for businesses up to 250 employees. Once enrolled onto the GrowthAccellerator all businesses could be eligible for match funding. Up to £2,000 per person is available for leadership development training designed to help owners and managers of high growth businesses build personal leadership skills.

The GrowthAcellerator initiative will help you with the following:

Innovation, creating new, improved products and services
Business Development, create a high growth strategy for your business
Access to finance, become more attractive to new sources of finance
Leadership skills, helping you to develop your teams more effectively

Am I eligible?
The business needs to be registered in England with less than 250 employees. The turnover must be less than £40m. The entry fee is higher depending on the size of the business:

Micro and start-up businesses (up to 10 employees) – £600
Small businesses (10 to 49 employees) – £1,500
Medium-sized companies (50 to 250 employees) – £3,000

How do I get more information?
For more information call Business Support on Demand or visit www.growthaccelerator.com

ANNUAL PAYMENTS

£269.89 /per year

12 MONTHLY PAYMENTS

£33.99 /per month

Free SEO Review

SEO is an abbreviation of Search Engine Optimisation. This is the process of structuring a web page so that it is found, read and indexed by search engines in the most effective manner possible.This makes your web site and its content attractive, relevant and visible to search engines and web searchers.Why is this important? Consider what it would be like read more

Apprenticeship Age Grant - Recruitment grant

The Apprenticeship Grant for Employers of 16 to 24 year olds (AGE 16 to 24) aims to support businesses to grow by providing incentives to assist in offering young people employment through the Apprenticeship programme.The grant targets employers who are new to Apprenticeships and recruiting their first apprentice, and also supports employers who have not been in a position within read more