Featured business advice

Life outside work in Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire is not only the Entrepreneurial Heart of Britain, it also offers an outstanding quality of life.

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Grants and vouchers

An overview of the available grant funding, as well as non-grant products that can also support your business.

Funding and finance

Boost your business’s performance with our Virtual Adviser©

This 15 minute business assessment will boost your business’s performance

Growing your business

Member Q&A

Starting up

Finance for Start-Ups

Once you are sure your business idea is worth pursuing, you should aim to secure funding to give your business the best chance of success.

Starting up

Start in Bucks

About to start a business? Learn how Buckinghamshire Business First makes it our business to support you on your journey.

Starting up

Online guides and resources for starting up

The web is full of useful support perfect for start-up business owners.

Starting up

Growing your business

Boost your business’s performance with our Virtual Adviser©

This 15 minute business assessment will boost your business’s performance

Growing your business

Social Media Marketing Guide

Find out how your business can get the most out of social media, by reaping the rewards and avoiding the pitfalls...

Growing your business

Use your free URL on the BBF website as your online home

If you can’t afford a website or don’t have the time to manage one, simply update the profile you automatically receive on our website...

Growing your business

Learn digital skills for free with Google’s Digital Garage

The Digital Garage is a non-profit nationwide program from Google delivering free digital skills training via an online learning platform.

Growing your business

Funding and finance

Funding and finance online guides and resources

The following resources could be useful to you as you search for and decide upon the right finance for you.

Funding and finance

Sector specific funding

Find the finance that you need, designed specifically for the sector you operate in.

Funding and finance

People and skills

Changes to Apprenticeships

Learn about the apprenticeship levy and how the changes to apprenticeship training, funding and standards will affect your business.

People and skills

Support and advice on employment issues

Acas provides free and impartial information to employers on all aspects of workplace relations and employment law.

People and skills

Online guides and resources

To help you with hiring, managing and disciplining staff, use these free templates provided by the dispute resolution service Acas.

People and skills

Tax and regulation

Tax and regulation online guides and resources

Get the latest support from across the web, including information on health and safety, tax and licences.

Tax and regulation

The Government guide to business regulations and red tape

No matter what your business does, the many different things you need to keep on top of can be overwhelming.

Tax and regulation

Business premises and business rates

Find information on things like leases, renting, planning protection, waste management, CCTV installation, asbestos regulations and more...

Tax and regulation

Licences

You may need a licence for some business activities...

Tax and regulation

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Buckinghamshire is all about making businesses feel at home

We know that the decision to uproot a business and plant it hundreds of miles away is not taken lightly. That's why we offer our support.

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So you think you know Buckinghamshire?

There is more to Buckinghamshire than you may think. Find out more about the 2nd fastest growing economy in the UK and our growth plans.

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