Business Start Up Support

The Business Start Up service will consist of: • Provide 1:1 information, advice and guidance to individuals and businesses who meet the specified criteria. • Provide a programme of events and workshops, including a structuted programme and additional themed workshops focusing on specific sectors. • Establish networking groups for newly formed businesses. • Provide business support to newly trading businesses (less than 12 months) to ensure that they are embedded in the local economy and achieve greater survival rates. • Manage the referral of all individuals who start a business to Halton BIG Team. • Special consideration should be given to how the service will target people in protected characteristics groups including, ethnic minorities, disabled people and women.