Business Link
Business Link is the national business advice service in England. Use this site to get straightforward information for your business needs and to access a wide network of business support organisations.
Tel: 0845 600 9006.
The Small Business Gateway
The Small Business Gateway is a service provided by the Scottish Enterprise Network and its local partners. It provides a single access point to a range of integrated services for businesses in Scotland.
Tel: 0845 609 6611.
Locate your local Gateway
Business Eye
Business Eye is a free, impartial information service for Wales created to find the answers to your business questions. Whether you are an established company, a new idea, a sole trader or an employer of hundreds, Business Eye is here to help andcan put you in contact with support from the public, private or voluntary sectors.
Tel: 08457 969798
Locate your regional centre
UK Trade & Investment
UK Trade & Investment is the Government organisation that supports companies in the UK doing business internationally and overseas enterprises seeking to set up or expand in the UK.
The British Chambers of Commerce
1st Floor
65 Petty France
St James Park
London
SW1H 9EU
Tel: 020 7654 5800
Fax: 020 7654 5819
The British Chambers of Commerce provide a powerful voice for business. Their regular surveys, consultations and reports provide grassroots business opinion and have strong influence on government ministers and officials, MPs, and other decision makers and opinion formers. Business training, information resources, networking and savings on essential overheads are all available through local chambers.
Find your Chamber of Commerce
British Trade International
In British Trade International the United Kingdom has for the first time a single national organisation to co-ordinate services for exporters, British companies investing overseas, and promoting investment in the UK.
Regional Language Network Yorkshire & The Humber
The Quadrant
Suite 5
Parkway Business Park
99 Parkway Avenue
Sheffield
S9 4WG
Tel: 0870 0493 485
Fax: 0870 0493 486
The Regional Language Network Yorkshire and Humber helps organisations to communicate more effectively with suppliers and customers overseas. It offers a range of free advice on all aspects of international communication including language training, translation, interpreting, international student placements, employing multilingual staff and much more.
Euromonitor
60-61 Britton Street
London
EC1M 5UX
Tel: 020 7251 8024
Fax: 020 7608 3149
Euromonitor International is the world's leading provider of global business intelligence and strategic market analysis with over 30 years experience in publishing market research reports, business reference books and on-line information systems. Its network of analysts in more than 70 countries provide access to key sources of information and the ability to talk to the main players in world markets.
The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply
Easton House,
Easton on the Hill,
Stamford,
Lincolnshire,
PE9 3NZ
Tel: 01780 756777
Fax: 01780 751610
An international organisation serving the purchasing and supply profession. Dedicated to promoting best practice, CIPS provides a wide range of services for the benefit of members and the wider business community.