Starting a Business

Are you thinking of starting your own business in the Northwest? If so, fantastic - it may well be the most challenging, and the most rewarding thing you’ve ever done.

Life as a small business owner can be uncertain at times, but you can be sure of one thing – you’ll really benefit from a helping hand along the way.

The Business Start-Up Consortium is a group of organisations across the Northwest who work together to support new enterprises to firstly get off the ground and then develop and flourish.

This free help and support is funded by the government to help new small businesses develop, and give them the best chance of success.

We really want to support people and communities who may have been previously excluded from starting businesses in the past. No matter what your background, Business Start-Up wants to hear from you.

Shouting about our successes

With hundreds of potential businesses coming to us every month to see if we can help, its only right that we shout about them when they are up and running. These people all wanted to work for themselves and this is how they did it.

Find out more about Business Startup. You can also watch some of the video clips here