Alternative Business Funding
provides free and easy access to selecting alternative business funding for SME’s – especially those with an interest in alternatives to traditional bank loans or asset finance.
Growth Vouchers
Changed the eligibility of the Growth Voucher Scheme. The scheme helps businesses to get advice, starting with a FREE diagnostic tool either on-line or face-to-face, to help identify what support is needed. If support is offered, Government will pay half
Trading Standards – Buying with Confidence
All the businesses on this website have been vetted and approved by Trading Standards to ensure that they operate in a legal, honest and fair way.
Business Start Up/Becoming self-employed
Big Enterprise in Communities
Sefton CVS is offering support for enterprise start-up and development opportunities across Sefton through the Big Enterprise in Communities initiative
Gov.UK
Information about starting up and running a business in the UK, including help if you’re self employed or a sole trader.
Active Travel Sefton
Active Travel is all about encouraging and enabling you to move around your local area on foot, by bike or by sustainable transport.
Alternative Business Funding
provides free and easy access to selecting alternative business funding for SME’s – especially those with an interest in alternatives to traditional bank loans or asset finance.
My Business Support
Added a new tool to the GREAT Business Website called My Business Support, to help SMES find the right support for their businesses
Sefton Council for Voluntary Service
Sefton CVS is a registered charity providing specialist infrastructure and support to the VCF sector that encourage and support independent resilience and sustainable communities in the borough of Sefton.
Sefton Directory
The Sefton Directory provides comprehensive online information about a full range of opportunities and services across Sefton.
Sefton Economic Strategy (Consultation Draft)
The consultation period for the Sefton Economic Strategy (Consultation Draft) commences Thursday 5th April and closes on the 29th June. To find out more information and the opportunity to reply via several options follow the link.
National Apprenticeship Service
The National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) supports, funds and co-ordinates the delivery of Apprenticeships throughout England. Providing an an online system where employers can advertise their Apprenticeship job vacancies and potential apprentices can app
Sefton@Work
Sefton@Work – supporting local residents into employment
Environmental support
Aggregain
Free helpline for advice on sourcing and using recycled aggregates
BRE
BRE Global has launched a new framework standard for the responsible sourcing of construction products – BRE Environmental and Sustainability Standard (BES) 6001: 2008
Carbon Trust's SME Carbon Network
launch of the Carbon Trust’s SME Carbon Network. The network is a free online community for SMEs designed to help share knowledge and best practice relating to reducing carbon emissions and energy costs (based on the concept of the Public Sector Carbon Ne
Decentralised Energy Knowledge Base (DEKB)
The DEKB is an information source for anyone in business who wants to make and use their own energy – including practitioners, consultants, advisors, agencies and energy consumers and developers.
Department of Energy and Climate Change
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) was created in October 2008, bringing together energy policy previously with BERR and Defra.
Free Environmental Guidance
NetRegs provides free environmental guidance for small businesses in the UK. They will help you to understand what you need to do to comply with environmental legislation and protect the environment and even help you to save you money !
NetRegs
NetRegs provides free guidance on envirnomental legislation and regulations, and how to comply
NISP
NISP links companies together, enabling savings by sharing resources
Part L
Part L Building Regulations- Conservation of Fuel and Power …
The Carbon Trust
A not for profit company providing specialist support to help business and the public sector boost business returns by cutting carbon emissions, saving energy and commercialising low carbon technologies
UK Green Building Council
Our mission is to dramatically improve the sustainability of the built environment, by radically transforming the way it is planned, designed, constructed, maintained and operated.
WRAP
Helps individuals, businesses and local authorities to reduce waste and recycle more, making better use of resources and helping to tackle climate change. Free guidance and tools to help you reduce and manage your waste and materials are available
Alternative Business Funding
provides free and easy access to selecting alternative business funding for SME’s – especially those with an interest in alternatives to traditional bank loans or asset finance.
Superport Liverpool
The site has been developed to market the City Region as an excellent location for cost-effective, low carbon multi modal connectivity for UK and Ireland logistics operations.
Liverpool &Sefton Chambers of Commerce
Supports the development, growth and sustained economic viability of chamber members and the wider business community of Liverpool City Region
Liverpool Local Enterprise Partnership (LLEP)
An organisation which was established in late October 2010 by the government to help stimulate economic growth, create jobs and increase productivity. The Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership, or LEP, is a private sector led Board with polit
MySignpost
A joined-up network of publicly available provision, supporting employers, advisers and helping the wider community to progress in work, learning and life.
HMRC – Webinars- Online Live seminars
On line live seminars Allows questions at the end. You need to book on the chosen date and the schedule is updated regularly
CompeteFor
CompeteFor is a free service that enables businesses to compete for contract opportunities linked to the London 2012 Games and other major public and private sector buying organisations.
My Tenders
Management of Tenders whether a purchaser or supplier