How to navigate and find support to grow a business

By York, North York, East Riding Local Enterprise Partnership

One of the most difficult things to navigate in business can be the support landscape. What help is available? Are you eligible? What does it cost? Can your budget stretch to that? Will it even make a difference?

“How’s Business”, the Growth Hub for York, North Yorkshire and East Riding, is here to help you and your business find the right way through this complicated landscape. Best of all, the support services they offer are free to businesses in the region, so you don’t have to work out if you can stretch the budget to get some help.

Growth Hubs are part of the Local Enterprise Partnership network, set up by Government, to help support and encourage businesses in local areas.

They offer mentorship, help finding funding, provide articles on common business topics, and tool kits to help your business navigate things like finding an apprentice or how to prepare for Brexit.

The Growth Hub services are provided digitally, via telephone and face-to-face, so you can get the right support in a way that’s convenient for you, something which is vital when you have to juggle the demands of a busy day.

Perhaps most importantly of all, the Growth Hub has something to offer businesses of all sizes, from those looking to get started, to established businesses wanting to plan for growth, or even businesses looking to move into the region.

There’s something for everyone. If the Growth Hub people aren’t able to help you, they’ll know who you can talk to and how you can get in touch with them. They are at the centre of a very well connected web of support offerings, working with local authorities, funding providers, and training delivery partners, among others.

The Growth Hub website is the perfect place for anyone looking for information on how to start or improve their business.

It offers a mix of articles and eBooks, information on funding, as well as a large calendar of local networking events in the region and ways to get in touch. You can find out more at https://.howsbusiness.org or view this video at https://youtu.be/YlEGCbtDDtA

Growth Managers are available to offer expert support and can introduce you to the range of relevant business resources around. They’ll act as a ‘critical friend’ showing you where your business is now, and where you could focus for the future.

The Growth Managers know that people are at the heart of your business, and they all come from business backgrounds themselves, so they can understand and help you overcome your challenges.

A telephone support service is also available, matching businesses to sources of funding. If you’d like to get in touch to find out what support you might be eligible for, please contact the Growth Hub on 01609 797471.

The Growth Hub is Government backed, completely independent, and works with support providers across the region. All their services are free to access for businesses in the area. If you’d like to find out more about how they can help, please e-mail support@howsbusiness.org or visit howsbusiness.org.

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