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 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.