Business Advice

What business advice is available through Angus Council?

The business advisors at Angus Council can provide one to one counselling and advice to the many existing companies across Angus that are ineligible to source support from either Scottish Enterprise or Business Gateway.

In addition to this, they have a particular interest in working with companies from the Sustainable Energy, Food & Drink and Tourism sectors.

This service includes:

• The encouragement and mentoring of managing directors and owner managers
• Identifying and feeding business opportunities to local  companies
• Advising on national and regional grant and loan schemes
• Signposting to additional sources of information and useful contacts

The service may also be able to support you through the following programmes:

• Angus Grant Scheme
• Angus Loan Fund (to become part of the East of Scotland Investment Fund summer 2010)
• Market Development Grant
• Angus Vocational Training Fund

For more information contact:
The Business Advice Team
Tel: 01356 627040

 

Social Enterprise

Social enterprises are businesses trading for social and environmental purposes for example the Big Issue or locally Augment.

Local Support

Angus Association of Voluntary Organisations

For advice and support on developing a Social Enterprise please contact Angus Association of Voluntary Organisations on:

Tel: 01241 430349

Motivate to Innovate Programme - BRAG Enterprises Ltd

BRAG Enterprises offers effective social enterprise support to individuals and groups covering pre-start, start up and business development. One of its current training programmes includes Motivate to Innovate. For more information contact:

Tel: 01592 780 568

Email: info@motivatetoinnovate.org.uk

National Support

There is support and funding available Nationally through FirstPort Firstport provides business support and advice and start-up awards to new and emerging social entrepreneurs across Scotland.

If you are looking to setup a new social enterprise FirstPort have awards of up to £20,000 to help you get your business started.

For more information contact:

Tel: 0131 220 0511

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