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AD:VENTURE Business Manager
Your dedicated AD:VENTURE business manager will be your go to contact as you grow your business.
They will help you navigate the landscape of business support, ensuring you know what’s available to you and understand how to access it.
They’ll act as your critical friend, that vital sounding board you really need when you have big decisions to make.
Our clients tell us having access to their own business manager helps them in so many ways. It can help with the obvious things like business knowledge and know how, how to approach finance and funding applications, developing strategies, managing legislative and statutory requirements, creating connections, and building networks.
All of this is important yes, however, other benefits that are also critical for the new business owner are building confidence, helping you to appreciate your own value, providing clarity when things feel a bit too much, and most important of all, supporting your wellbeing as you start out.
It can be a lonely place and we make sure you have a friend in your corner when you most need it. We’ll help you to focus on the business, and not get stuck in it. An all-too-common issue for founders!
Having one to one support will help you manage your time, your resources and help you prioritise your actions.
Find out more HERE.
AD:VENTURE Growth Grant
The Business Growth Grant is offered by the AD:VENTURE Programme. The grant is awarded to support young businesses up to 3 years old on their growth journey. The grant award will cover up to 50% of total project costs and requires businesses to provide a minimum of 50% of match funding.
Growth Grants are available from £1,500 to £10,000.
To make an application for an AD:VENTURE Growth Grant, please speak to your AD:VENTURE Business Manager.
Full guidance for the application and claim process will be available if you are eligible to apply.
Find out more HERE.
Business Enterprise Fund Loans
Business Enterprise Fund is a not-for-profit social enterprise, set up to provide loans to SME businesses that will help them thrive and grow when other lenders can’t fully assist.
They offer a range of loans for businesses, from start up to growth.
Start up loan
Start or grow your own business with a government backed Start Up Loan delivered by BEF. Borrow up to £25,000 at a fixed rate of 6% per annum. Repay over 1 to 5 years with no penalty for early repayment.
Business loan
Finance for businesses of all ages. Borrow up to £250,000 unsecured within the NPIF region (North West, Yorkshire & the Humber and Tees Valley). Borrow up to £150,000 outside the NPIF region.
Find out more HERE.
Workshops, Webinars and Networking
High quality workshops and events to help you build your new business.
Developing new skills, increasing efficiency, improving strategy, keeping up to date with the latest industry news and networking to create new connections.
All of these are vital to supporting new business growth.
Our calendar of events will add value to your business, giving you and your team the tools needed to improve performance.
Events will include topical webinars you can access on demand, workshops on key skills, both virtual and face to face, peer to peer sessions, networking events, opportunities to hear from entrepreneurs in your position and inspirational talks.
Find out more HERE.
The Prince’s Trust
Got a business in mind or want to explore an idea?
Prince’s Trust offer a free programme - Enterprise, available to those aged 18-30, to help develop skills and confidence to find a job, explore self-employment or start a business. They have helped over 90,000 young people to start their own business.
Find out everything you need to know to make your business a success through a short course online or in a centre near you. Then create your business plan with the support of a mentor.
Find out more HERE.
AD:VENTURE Business Manager
Your dedicated AD:VENTURE business manager will be your go to contact as you grow your business.
They will help you navigate the landscape of business support, ensuring you know what’s available to you and understand how to access it.
They’ll act as your critical friend, that vital sounding board you really need when you have big decisions to make.
Our clients tell us having access to their own business manager helps them in so many ways. It can help with the obvious things like business knowledge and know how, how to approach finance and funding applications, developing strategies, managing legislative and statutory requirements, creating connections, and building networks.
All of this is important yes, however, other benefits that are also critical for the new business owner are building confidence, helping you to appreciate your own value, providing clarity when things feel a bit too much, and most important of all, supporting your wellbeing as you start out.
It can be a lonely place and we make sure you have a friend in your corner when you most need it. We’ll help you to focus on the business, and not get stuck in it. An all-too-common issue for founders!
Having one to one support will help you manage your time, your resources and help you prioritise your actions.
Find out more HERE.
AD:VENTURE Growth Grant
The Business Growth Grant is offered by the AD:VENTURE Programme. The grant is awarded to support young businesses up to 3 years old on their growth journey. The grant award will cover up to 50% of total project costs and requires businesses to provide a minimum of 50% of match funding.
Growth Grants are available from £1,500 to £10,000.
To make an application for an AD:VENTURE Growth Grant, please speak to your AD:VENTURE Business Manager.
Full guidance for the application and claim process will be available if you are eligible to apply.
Find out more HERE.
Business Enterprise Fund Loans
Business Enterprise Fund is a not-for-profit social enterprise, set up to provide loans to SME businesses that will help them thrive and grow when other lenders can’t fully assist.
They offer a range of loans for businesses, from start up to growth.
Start up loan
Start or grow your own business with a government backed Start Up Loan delivered by BEF. Borrow up to £25,000 at a fixed rate of 6% per annum. Repay over 1 to 5 years with no penalty for early repayment.
Business loan
Finance for businesses of all ages. Borrow up to £250,000 unsecured within the NPIF region (North West, Yorkshire & the Humber and Tees Valley). Borrow up to £150,000 outside the NPIF region.
Find out more HERE.
Workshops, Webinars and Networking
High quality workshops and events to help you build your new business.
Developing new skills, increasing efficiency, improving strategy, keeping up to date with the latest industry news and networking to create new connections.
All of these are vital to supporting new business growth.
Our calendar of events will add value to your business, giving you and your team the tools needed to improve performance.
Events will include topical webinars you can access on demand, workshops on key skills, both virtual and face to face, peer to peer sessions, networking events, opportunities to hear from entrepreneurs in your position and inspirational talks.
Find out more HERE.
The Prince’s Trust
Got a business in mind or want to explore an idea?
Prince’s Trust offer a free programme - Enterprise, available to those aged 18-30, to help develop skills and confidence to find a job, explore self-employment or start a business. They have helped over 90,000 young people to start their own business.
Find out everything you need to know to make your business a success through a short course online or in a centre near you. Then create your business plan with the support of a mentor.
Find out more HERE.
