Bloom Venture Catalyst - Bloom VC is a Scottish crowd sourced funding provider that encourages you to use your social network to draw capital for your business start-ups.
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 Commission for Youth Social Enterprise - they help organisations run genuinely youth-led programmes and help young people make a positive impact on the world.
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Community Retailing Network - supporting and promoting community shops in urban and rural areas.
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Creative Space - We think Co-Working is one of the coolest revolutions that we have had the opportunity to be part of, and we think you will agree....
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Cultural Enterprise Office - Scotland's Specialist business support and development service for creative business practitioners.
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Network for College Entrepreneurs - Are you a college student who is currently running their own business or do you have a big idea but are not sure what to do next? Then we are looking for you. We are currently creating a forum for the sharing of ideas, advice and top tips. We are also interested in finding out what training and advice you require so we can offer mentors, workshops and resources to help you achieve your goals!
If you are interested in offering mentoring advice to college entrepreneurs then we are also keen to hear from you. We hope to create a team of professionals who can offer advice and support either on a individual basis or through expert workshops, from a variety of business backgrounds. Please let us know your area of expertise and how you think you can help.
In the first instance please contact: Leigh Brown - Enterprise Development Officer, E-mail Leigh Brown, 07725 557334, twitter: @scotcol_ent
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Getting British Business Online - create a website for your business in 20 minutes, for free.
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 HMRC Key Messages - March 2012 (29.97 kB)
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 IBM Global Entrepreneur - IBM wants to team with entrepreneurs to build a smarter planet. Are you an early stage startup? Does your solution address issues enterprise customers are facing in the areas of banking, buildings, cities, cloud computing, education, energy, food, government, healthcare, infrastructure, intelligence, oil, products, public safety, rail, retail, stimulus, telecommunications, traffic, water, and work? If so, IBM Global Entrepreneur can provide the support and resources to help you change the way the world works. IBM Global Entrepreneur gives you access to software, knowledgeable people, and promotion support. It's like adding more people to your business and extending the size and reach of your company.
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 The National Centre for Entrepreneurship (NCGE) was formed in 2004 with the aim of raising the profile of entrepreneurship and the option of starting your own business as a career choice amongst students and graduates. By understanding the circumstances in which graduate entrepreneurship can flourish, NCGE's goal is to influence, and inspire, an increase in the number of students and graduates who give serious thought to self-employment or business start-up.
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 Makeithappen Mentoring - The National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship (NCGE) was formed in 2004 with the aim of raising the profile of entrepreneurship and the option of starting your own business as a career choice amongst students and graduates. By understanding the circumstances in which graduate entrepreneurship can flourish, NCGE's goal is to influence, and inspire, and increase in the number of students and graduates who give serious thought to self-employment or business start-up.
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 Prince's Trust - a charity which helps young people (aged 14-30) by offering practical support, mentoring and financial assistance.
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Triodos - an ethical bank who finance many social enterprises.
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 Scottish Social Enterprise Coalition - is the lobbying and campaigns voice of Scottish social enterprises.
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Shell LiveWire - the UK’s biggest online community for young entrepreneurs (aged 16-30) who are starting or running their own business.
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Start up, Smart up - Simple, impartial and practical advice on the most important aspects of setting up and growing a business in the early stages.
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Social Entrepreneur Network Scotland - was founded in 1999 with the aim of creating networks of social entrepreneurs.
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 STARTENT Blog - The STARTENT project will contribute to developing the entrepreneurial culture of young people, and to improving entrepreneurship education in Europe.
The project is co-funded by the European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry under the call “Entrepreneurial culture of young people and entrepreneurship education”.
The success key of the project is the collaboration between representatives from the academia and from the business sector, which will share and combine their perspective and experience on how to make entrepreneurship education more effective in Europe.
With a comprehensive set of actions, the STARTENT project address young people in general, would-be entrepreneurs, new entrepreneurs and academic and non academic entrepreneurs.
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 VentureNavigator is a state-of-the-art online service designed to help start-ups and small businesses improve their chances of success. The service is funded by the UK Government, ensuring that the service is free of charge to end users.
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 Virgin Media Pioneers - Browse our channels for video blogs covering everything you need to know about enterprise. Comment on video blogs. Found someone's story helpful? Familiar? Funny? Let them know. Read the Virgin Media Pioneers blog for news and views from the world of enterprise. |
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