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                <p>Welcome to &lsquo;BusinessLincolnshire&rsquo;, a website that links you to schemes and services that can help you start or grow your business.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The site provides an introduction to the issues to consider when starting or growing a business and links you to more in-depth information. It describes the free schemes that you may want to take advantage of, local events and networking opportunities and details of local services offering professional advice.&nbsp;Find out how best&nbsp;to&nbsp;search this site <a href="/how-to-use-this-site/" title="how-to-use-this-site">here</a><span class="hide">|</span>.</p>
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<p>The site also contains many links to the resources available on the recently enhanced <a onkeypress="window.open('http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/');return false;"  onclick="window.open('http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/');return false;" href="http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/" title="open page: http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/">Business Link website</a><span class="hide">|</span>. Business Link is the national Government funded business support service which has recently changed. Whilst it is no longer possible to request free one to one support with a Business Link adviser you can still obtain detailed information about starting and growing your business from this national site.&nbsp;</p>            
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