Business support and advice
Businesses looking for support and advice should contact
Business Link (external link) which offers a single gateway to
a wide range of services.
Vacant Premises
Carlisle City Council operates a Vacant
Commercial Sites and Premises Search Service.
This service, which includes an online search facility,
provides information on vacant properties and sites from over
30 local agents, developers and property owners as well as details
of all City Council commercial properties currently available.
Business Start-Up Advice
Cumbria Chamber of
Commerce is offering a mix of flexible start-up business advice and
support through one to one advice, modular daytime or evening
courses, online support and e-learning, networking events and
seminars, workshops and master classes.
The comprehensive "Intensive Business Start Up
Programme" covers:
- An introduction to self employment
- Market research
- Finance and record keeping
- What an accountant can do for you
- Internet & e-commerce
- Sales and promotion
All sessions are delivered by expert
presenters. You can attend as many or as few sessions as
required and can also mix and match between day and evening –
whatever is most convenient for you.
Anyone wishing to discuss this support further
should contact Lesley Robinson on 0845 226 0040 or email Lesleye@cumbriachamber.co.uk
Visit http://www.cumbriachamber.co.uk/ (external
link)
New Enterprise
Allowance - business support for jobseekers
If you've been getting Jobseeker's Allowance for at least six
months, you could get help and financial support to set up your own
business
Enterprise Clubs - help to become self-employed or start a
business
An opportunity to get information and advice if you are
unemployed and thinking about setting up a business, or becoming
self-employed
Find further information on schemes that will enable you to
recruit and develop your workforce at
Directgov (external link).
Community Funding
If you are a community organisation you can get advice about
grants and funding from the following organisations.