Business Advice
The Council funds through the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund (NRF) a number of business support agencies to provide advice and support to local businesses from pre-start-ups to the more established business seeking growth and expansion.
Advice includes guidance and training in business planning, financial modelling, product development, specialist support workshops, 1 to 1 sessions and mentoring.
In particular specialist advice is available to enable access to and improve the take up of creative industries business support in the Borough among Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME), women and disabled-led cultural and creative industries.
The Hackney Enterprise Network is currently subject to a re-procurement exercise and will be up and running again later in the year.
Useful links
This list is not exhaustive and the links below will give further information on how to access business advice from the providers funded by the Council.
www.hbv.org.uk - HBV Enterprise Centre, 34 - 38 Dalston Lane, London E8 3AZ
www.theinnovatory.com - The Innovatory, 239 Old Street, London EC1V 9EY
www.corearts.co.uk - Core Arts Social Enterprise Projects, 1 St. Barnabas Terrace, Homerton, London E9 6DJ
www.cida.co.uk - Cultural Industries Development Agency (CIDA), Business Development Centre, 7-15 Greatorex Street, E1 5NF.
www.hced.co.uk - Hackney Co-operative Developments, 62 Beechwood Road, London E8 3DY
www.wiseowls.co.uk - Wise Owls, 15 Old Ford Road, London E2 9PJ
www.invest-in-hackney.org - Invest in Hackney, Renaisi House, 21 Garden Walk, London EC2A 3EQ, 020 7033 2607.
www.businessmentality.org.uk - Business Mentality, London Development Centre, 11-13 Cavendish Square, W1G 0AN. Business Mentality is a project funded by the LDA to 2009 to provide business support to small and medium sized enterprises around managing stress in the workplace.
Page updated: 16 Jun 2008