Whatever stage you are at in business, it's great to get impartial advice. All the links below come recommended from Kickstart - either we have used them, or some one we trust has recommended them to us.
| Advice and Grants for Social Enterprises & Community Groups | |
| UnLtd | national charity with regional friendliness |
| Heritage Lottery Fund | community funding for heritage projects |
| Awards for All | lottery grants for local groups |
| NY Forum for Voluntary Organisations | advice in N Yorkshire - FEB 08 Grants are no longer available from NYFVO |
| Community Foundation | grants for voluntary & community groups in N Yorkshire |
| National Business Advice | |
| Business Link | general business advice - and get advice about grants |
| Start Ups | advice for startups |
| Princes Trust | specifically for under 30s |
| Women in Rural Enterprise | for women in business + discount banking |
| Recommended reading for starting up and running a business | |||
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From Acorns must read start up bible |  |
The Richer Way sound customer service advice |
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Marketing Judo fresh perspective on marketing |  |
Open Minds inspirational work place thinking |
| Yorkshire Business Advice | |
| York Business Advice Centre | free impartial advice for start ups & SME's in York area |
| Business Link West Yorkshire | free marketing, sales & business seminars in Leeds |
| Business Link North Yorkshire | general advice & seminars for businesses over 3 years |
| Networking in Yorkshire | |
| WiRE Yorkshire | excellent opportunities for women throughout Yorkshire |
| Business Network | national organisation with an active York Branch |
| York & N Yorks Chamber of Commerce | regional networking |
| Women in Enterprise N Yorkshire | a division of York Chamber (+ grants available) |
| Recommended Yorkshire Businesses | |
| Semlyen IT Consultants | great, affordable web developers who are good to deal with |
| Bivouac | imaginative design by lovely people |
| Gardiners | accountants with their finger on the pulse |
| Beacon Dodsworth | mapping and market analysis specialists |
| MR ICT | efficient and friendly IT Consultants |
| Searching the net? ..we use Google | |
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We hope you find this useful. Feel free to mention Kickstart if you use any of the above services and please get in touch if you have any good or bad experiences with the above organisations.
