Finance
Funding the ideas you have to start or grow your business begins with careful planning.
Once you have written (or refreshed) your business plan and you are confident that you have the right product or service, at the right price, you can produce a sales plan that will lead to a financial forecast. The financial forecast will show if you can set up or grow the business without needing external finance. Information on forecasting can be found here|
This section of the website is designed to give you an overview of the financial side of your business: budgeting and cashflow basics, profit and loss accounts and balance sheets. It shows the various ways that finance can be raised and provides details of current support schemes that you can access.
If you are looking for a grant to start or grow a business we recommend that you first read the Raising Finance| section and the article "There is cash in your business...if you know where to find it|"
There are currently very few grants available to start or grow a business and even if a grant scheme exists it tends to be a last resort after all other options have been exhausted. Any grants that we know about can be found in the Support Schemes| section. If you would like to tell us about a grant scheme or other financial products or services so that they can be displayed on these pages please get in touch via our contact page|.
