Solutions for Business

This page gives you quick and easy access to information on Solutions for Business, a national package of publicly funded business support products from a range of respected public sector providers. The aim is to make it easier for companies to find the right products to help them with common business issues, such as getting started, growing, finance, export, skills, innovation and the environment.

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Solutions for Business

This section gives information on the new Solutions for Business programme.

Publications

• Solutions for Business: Funded by government (PDF 672 Kb) (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
  This publication gives details on business support products that have moved to the government's Solutions for Business portfolio.
• Solutions for Business: Supporting success (PDF 2.64 Mb) (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
  This document provides an overview of the Solutions for Business products.
• The Economic Drivers of Government-funded Business Support (PDF 628 Kb) (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
  This publication supplies an in-depth look at the rationale behind Solutions for Business.
• Northern Regeneration and Renewal Summit: Speech by Peter Mandelson (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
  This is a transcript of the speech by Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Peter Mandelson at the Northern Regeneration and Renewal Summit in Manchester on 23 October 2008. He announces the launch of the Government's Solutions for Business package.
• What They are Saying about the Business Support Simplification Programme (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
  This document brings together responses from business leaders on the announcement of the Solutions for Business programme on 23 October 2008.

Related links

• Business Link (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
  This is the home page for Business Link, which provides information, advice and support for businesses. It includes region-specific information for businesses in local areas.
• Solutions for Business Products (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
  This page outlines the Solutions for Business product portfolio, which is a streamlined portfolio of publicly funded business support products with a common look and feel.
• Business Support Simplification Programme  (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
  This page outlines the work of the Business Support Simplification Programme.
• Business Support at the Local Level (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
  Local authorities are key partners in the drive to streamline services and join-up them up for businesses. This page covers the Business Support Simplification Programme at the local level.
• Business Support Simplification Programme: What's new (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
  This page gives the latest news on the Business Support Simplification Programme.

Other useful information

This section gives background information on simplifying business support.

Consultations

• Simplifying Business Support: A consultation (PDF 295 Kb) (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
  This consultation, now close, sought views on the sorts of business support that the Government should be funding.

Publications

• Simple Support, Better Business: Business support in 2010 (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
  This report outlines what the business support landscape will look like in 2010 and beyond.
• Simplifying Business Support: An introductory document (PDF 241 Kb) (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
  This document explains the rationale for business support and sets out the Business Support Simplification Programme’s vision.
• Business Support Simplification Programme: Business support at the local level - An information note (PDF 557 Kb) (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
  This information note aims to help local authorities and local strategic partnerships interested in promoting enterprise and business growth understand the implications of the Government’s Business Support Simplification Programme, including the context of negotiating and planning the delivery of local area agreements.
• Business support at the local level: Frequently asked questions (Word 103 Kb) (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
  These questions and answers explain the Government's Business Support Simplification Programme.
• Business Support Simplification Programme: Impact assessment (PDF 642 Kb) (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
  This report assesses the impact on businesses of the Business Support Simplification Programme.
• Simplifying Business Support: Government response to consultation (PDF 359 Kb) (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
  This document sets out the Government's response to a consultation on support for businesses.

Related links

• Simplifying Business Support: What's happening in your region (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
  This page gives information on what government departments, local authorities, regional development agencies and other government bodies are doing to deliver simpler business support.

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