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Business Advice

We operate very much like a Citizen's Advice Bureau for businesses. We offer free help and advice at every stage from initial planning onwards. Our clients include those just considering self-employment and others long established in business. 

ALREADY IN BUSINESS? - WE CAN VISIT YOU. This will save you time and give us a better understanding and feel for your business. Being non profit making, we have no axe to grind. Our advice is genuinely impartial, free and confidential.

It is not easy for any company to keep abreast of changes in LEGISLATION OR GRANTS and other help which may be available. Many companies miss out without knowing it. We can fill the gap.

Do feel free to contact us on any business matter. If for any reason we cannot assist you directly, we will still be able to help you through our network of contacts throughout Devon and Cornwall, which includes all the main Business Grant and Advisory Organisations.

We work in partnership with Business Link to deliver high quality support for people planning to start their own business or for people running new businesses.  Our advisers work alongside the Business Link information and Enquiry service to provide:

• An impartial assessment of your business idea or a review of your business performance.

• Help in developing a thorough business plan that is fit for purpose.

• Help in identifying suitable finance and finding relevant grants or support initiatives where available.

• Specialist information and advice on all key business issues.

• Detailed information on the latest legislation and regulations affecting new businesses.

• Links to local training or skills development courses and business networks.

• Information and advice on issues affecting young businesses – eg. cash flow, increasing sales, employing new staff etc.

• Help in planning for growth eg. finding new premises, identifying finance, identifying new customers