Business Link

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Business Link

• Gillian Marshall

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• Information and Business Support
• Supplier / Consultant Register
• Funding support
• International Export support

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Business Link

• Single primary access point for business support
  in the North East
• Impartial brokerage for new established
  businesses
• Access to skills business support
• Helping more businesses to establish, succeed
  grow

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Business Link support

• Informing businesses about the issues/opportunitie
  s they face providing fast access to the right
  information to respond
• Helping businesses to identify what to do, how to
  prioritise where to access help
• Finally, to broker the business to a solution
  provider

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How Business Link can help

• Training
• Finance
• Sales
• Marketing
• IT
• E-Commerce
• Innovation
• Law Legislation
• Premises

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Business Support

• Start up
• Intensive Start up support
• High Growth
• Economic Resilience Package
• Health Checks, focusing on finance
• Workshops
• Mentoring
• Sustainability funding
• Information Campaign
• Innovation
• Innovation Advice and Guidance
• Innovation vouchers
• Rural Support
• Economic Resilience/Shock
• Office of Third Sector
• People Development

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Business Journey
0845 600 9 006 www.businesslink.gov.uk/northeast
Customer Services collect data and passed onto
Relationship Manager

• Action plan developed based on initial analysis
  and introduction to appropriate solution
• Provision of information and material
• Business Link Workshop
• Appointment with BL Account Manager
• - May result in application to NEEIC
• Introduction to specialist organisation

Initial analysis carried out by BL Relationship
Manager
BL Relationship Manager proactively monitors
progress.
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What businesses say about us,

• Shaun Ackerley, managing director of Parsec
  Consulting Engineers, said
• Business Links support has been vital to us.
  From having the initial business idea, right
  through to growing the company and relocating,
  the support and cash injections that they have
  sourced for us, really has helped. Id certainly
  encourage other businesses to seek out assistance
  from Business Link to help them through the
  downturn.
• Despite the tough trading conditions, we are
  cautiously optimistic and look forward to a
  healthy year ahead, with continued support from
  Business Link.

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Business Link Service How to access it
0845 600 9 006
www.businesslink.gov.uk/northeast
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Questions and Answers