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Welcome to the Boost business support directory. Within here you will further details of our funded Boost programmes, as well as an up-to-date directory of other available business support in Lancashire.
If you are starting a business – or in the first three years - this funded programme will give you the support, knowledge and tools to make it sustainable and grow.
If you’re running a SME business, this hugely successful and popular programme gives you access to a fully-funded, experienced mentor to work alongside your team and support you on your growth journey.
If you’ve been trading for more than three years and employ more than 10 staff, this funded programme is tailored to your needs and will support your ambitious plans to achieve significant growth.
We can help Lancashire SMEs, start-ups and entrepreneurs in the digital and creative sector grow with advice, practical help, workshops, masterclasses and research or through collaboration.
Be the Business Boards offers a range of activities in Lancashire aimed at encouraging business leaders to share and learn from each other and designed to fit in around the demands of running a business.
Do you need help understanding what regulations apply to your business and ensuring you achieve and maintain compliance? BBfA is a government initiative to help you do this.
A successful business begins with a healthy team! By bringing together a range of local and national partners, including Active Lancashire, Lancashire Mind and UCLan, Business Health Matters supports local businesses in improving the physical and mental health of their employees so that staff are happier, healthier and more productive.
Do you want a tailored business growth plan for your company and introductions to relevant support for growing Lancashire businesses?
Digital Boost supports small businesses and charities to develop the essential digital skills they need to adopt new digital ways of working and grow their businesses
We can help Lancashire SMEs, start-ups and entrepreneurs in the digital and creative sector grow with advice, practical help, workshops, masterclasses and research or through collaboration.
Are you bamboozled by social media? Mystified by SEO? Know that VR and AR could improve your business but you're not sure how? Digitalplus will give you impartial advice and practical support to learn more about these digital tools and how to use them to boost your business.
From international transport to rural education, ESA Business Applications has enabled data from satellites to transform businesses. We have already invested over £500m in launching innovative services in businesses.
The ESA BIC UK provides access to funding, expertise and networks to support entrepreneurs and start-ups utilising space technology to grow.
Are you a manufacturing or engineering business aspiring to enter the nuclear supply chain - in new build, operations and decommissioning?
Are you an existing company in Lancashire with an overseas parent company? Would you like help securing more investment and / or support for further expansion in Lancashire?
There’s more money than ever before but most SMEs fail to raise investment! Led by experienced venture capital investors, we help SMEs prepare for venture capital, angel investment and crowd funding and can introduce you to investors.
Are you looking to develop yourself as a leader in addition to growing your business? Want insights and inspiration from leading business experts while building up a network of fellow business owners from across Lancashire?
Are you the owner of or a senior manager in a Lancashire creative or digital business? Would you benefit from sector specific leadership development workshops and the opportunity to network with a group of your peers?
Have you got the leadership skills and know how to manage the adoption of Industrial Digital Technologies by your business?
Are you over 18, and have a great new business idea? Do you (or your partner) currently receive Jobseeker's Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance or Income Support? You could get help to start up in business.
Are you a Lancashire business working in, or aspiring to work within, the aerospace sector? Do you need help to promote your business within the sector and to keep abreast of trends and developments affecting your industry?
Are you aged between 18 and 30 and unemployed (or working fewer than 16 hours per week)? You could get help from the Prince’s Trust Enterprise Programme to help you to start up in business.
U Start will support students, graduates and university staff to unlock their entrepreneurial potential and become enterprise ready. The project will also support student, graduate and university staff start-ups to increase their resilience and enable them to be growth ready.