Links
Business Link provides the information, advice and support you need to start, maintain and grow your business . Check out the start-up organiser, it guides you through the first steps of forming a company.
Business-Kit This site runs a great Idea tool which allows you to self-assess creative, inventive, and innovative ideas in a totally confidential e-learning environment. The tool questions the user about key product development issues and provides links to relevant information in factsheets, downloads and websites.
British Library The Business & IP Centre (BIPC) hosts the UK’s largest freely accessible collection of business and intellectual property information and is an invaluable resource for businesses and individual entrepreneurs.
Creative Start ups Nesta website offering a start-up tool kit for those interested in creative business Start-ups
Kaufman Foundation – This site provides original articles, written by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, and aggregates “the best of the best” content on the Web related to starting and running high-impact companies.
The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) is a global not-for-profit organization focused on promoting entrepreneurship. TiE helps budding entrepreneurs by way of advice, guidance and assistance from successful & experienced entrepreneurs and professionals.
IoD Kent Association of Young Entrepreneurs (KAYE) is designed to support business people in Kent aged between 18 and 35. Enterprising young people from Kent are being invited to join an initiative aimed at the business leaders of tomorrow.
The Kent Foundation provides funding and on-going business support to help young people in Kent aged 18 to 30 to start a business. The Kent Foundation is a local charity and helps young people with good business ideas who lack vital finance or training. The help ranges from sound and friendly advice through to acquiring finance.
Make Your Mark Campaign – A national campaign to create an enterprise culture among young people in the UK.
NACUEVentures – Connecting university enterprise and investors. nacueventures.com is the only dedicates website that connects university enterprise with investors (business angels, family offices, seed funds and ventures captiol firms) It is the first website in the UK to leverage video in connecting University entrepreneurs with investors. It is ajoint venture with cmypitch.com and NACUE (The National Consortium of University Entrepreneurs).
National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship (NCGE) was formed in 2004 with the aim of raising the profile of entrepreneurship and the option of starting your own business as a career choice amongst students and graduates. Visit this site for research into graduate enterprise and information on the NCGE’s Flying Start programme
The Princes Trust is a UK charity which helps young people to overcome barriers in their life. The Prices Trust can provide help and funding to certain types of start-up business.
Shell Live Wire helps 16-30 year olds start and develop their own business, gain experience of working within start-up businesses and also hosts the national business competition Shell Step.
UnLtd supports social entrepreneurs – people with vision, drive, commitment and passion who want to change the world for the better. They do this by providing a complete package of funding and support to help individuals make their ideas a reality.
Stimulating Creative Graduates New South East Media Network and South East England Development Agency website. Creative Graduate Intern and R&D database – New People, New Ideas, New Business, New Support.
The Creative Graduate database provides access to all relevant information and contacts for graduates and creative businesses alike. It promotes opportunities for recent graduates and creative businesses to find mutually beneficial routes to enable employment.
