If you are planning to start a new business there is lots to learn, but there is also plenty of help and support available. Your first port of call should be:
Business Link East
Information and Intelligence Centre
4 Bishops Square
Hatfield
Hertfordshire
AL10 9NE
Phone: 08457 17 16 15
Email: questions@businesslinkeast.co.uk
Website: www.businesslink.gov.uk
This is a a government funded service designed to promote enterprise. Their website contains more than 500 guides and 40 interactive business tools to help you start. They also provide advisors who can meet with you in person or discuss your business ideas over the phone.
There is also help available from:
- Mid-Anglian Enterprise Agency (MENTA)
Vision Centre
Eastern Way
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP32 7AB
Phone: 01284 760206
Fax: 01284 767157
Email: info@menta.org.uk
Website: www.menta.org.uk
This agency can help you start your business through a mix of one-to-one advice, business skills workshops and networking opportinities. MENTA can support you and introduce you to good practice.
Contact details:
Economic Development Services
St Edmundsbury Borough Council
St Edmundsbury House
Western Way
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 3YS
Phone: 01284 757114
Fax: 01284 757421
Email: economic.development@stedsbc.gov.uk
