Real Help for Businesses Now offers a range of practical support to help businesses through the recession and return to growth.
- Read the stories of firms that have received support to help them through the downturn
- Find out more about the department’s key policies areas focused on support for businesses
- Find help for your business
What BIS is doing
The Department for Business Innovation and Skills is responsible for a number of key policy areas focused on support for business, which are outlined below.
Help with finance
- Enterprise Finance Guarantee
- Capital for Enterprise Fund
- Working Capital Scheme
- Promoting and monitoring lending
- Sector support
Business advice and support
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What other Departments are doing
- Recruitment and redundancy help from DWP
- Business Payment Support Service from HMRC
Case studies
Steely success for Hunter Gee Holroyd!
Hunter Gee Holroyd, representing The Corporate Finance Network in the North Yorkshire & Humber region, have assisted their client to secure a new £800k finance facility from Royal Bank of Scotland.
Venture Finance acts fast to save furniture manufacturer and 72 jobs
Premier Invoice and Asset Based lender Venture Finance has provided Merseyside-based Dams Furniture Ltd with a Confidential Invoice Discounting (CID) and Plant & Machinery funding package.
Loan guarantee helps IT firm’s charity work
Bolton based Azurri, a leading IT support and implementation company, has received a £100,000 Enterprise Finance Guarantee loan from Barclays Commercial Bank to help the business expand in the charity sector.
Find help for your business
Businesses interested in finding out more about any of the schemes should go to:
Businesses in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland can go to their local business support networks:
- Wales
www.business-support-wales.gov.uk/realhelp - Scotland
www.bgateway.com/realhelp - Northern Ireland
www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk/realhelp
