What help is available?
What help is available?
The help you will receive from the Enterprise Hubs and their Directors will be highly tailored to your needs and so can’t be generalised. Nonetheless, the Hubs’ offer has been refined through working with hundreds of the South-East’s most promising new businesses over the years. Some of the main services you will be able to access include:
- Action planning, to help you map out a vision and the path to your success
- Guidance and personal support to steer you through the difficult early stages of your development
- Access to advice on Intellectual Property which is critical as pioneering ideas are at the heart of every knowledge and technology based business and need to be protected from an early stage of development
- Market Intelligence is a vital component of the business planning mix. If you don’t know who your customers are, their sensitivities and how to engage with them, you don’t have a business
- Access to Finance. While big ideas don’t always need big budgets, sooner or later you’ll need to raise funds in order to make your business grow. The Enterprise Hub Directors can help you get ready for investment, navigate the complex grants system, and put you in contact with potential investors and backers
- There simply is no substitute for experience in business. Each Hub is associated with a network of Business Leaders who offer free Mentoring. Even though you may be at the very beginning of your development, through the Hubs you can get access to commercial heavyweights
- Networking. Events organised by individual Enterprise Hubs are tailored specifically for their high potential business audiences. As well as providing you access to invaluable know-how, the Hubs provide an ideal opportunity for you to ask questions and meet like-minded entrepreneurs and investors.
These are just some of the services available through the Enterprise Hubs.
