Simplifying Business Support
The Department of Business, Enterprise and
Regulatory Reform (BERR) is leading the cross-government Business
Support Simplification Programme; which aims to make it easier for
companies and entrepreneurs to understand and access government
funded services and advice with which to start and grow their
businesses.
Since 2006 all levels of government have been working towards
streamlining government funded business support, with a target of
reducing the number of support schemes from over 3,000 to fewer
than 100 by 2010.
'Simple Support, Better Business: Business Support in 2010',
published by the Government following the Budget 2008 announcement,
outlines what the business support landscape will look like in the
future.
Simple Support, Better
Business
National Programme Development
Launched on the 23rd October 2008, ‘Solutions for
Business – funded by Government’ is a portfolio of government
products covering a range of advice, loans and grants that will be
provided collectively and consistently to businesses by all levels
of government – nationally, regionally and locally via Business
Link.
‘Solutions for Business: supporting success’ explains the new
approach and the range of business support products and
services which will be available from March 2009.
Solutions for Business:
supporting success
‘The Economic Drivers of Government Funded Business Support’ sets
out the business case for each of the products and how business
support can contribute to improving UK productivity.
The Economic Drivers of
Government Funded Business Support
More detailed summary information on each product can be downloaded
below.
Product Portfolio
Summaries
Regional Focus
In the Northwest, the Agency and Government Office are acting as
regional facilitators and communicating activity and
progress on the programme. Key to this is the
development of a partnership of regional organisations, local
government and business to create a shared framework for business
support in the future; better services for the business community
to benefit the region's economy as a whole.
The Northwest Regional Transition & Implementation Plan
outlines how the current business support landscape in the
Northwest will be rationalised and simplified during the transition
phase.
Regional Transition
& Implementation Plan
The links below give more information about activities in the
region:
For more information on the programme in the Northwest
contact Laura Woods via Laura.Woods@nwda.co.uk.
For more information on the national business support
simplification programme visit the BERR
website.