Get free business support from York Council

If you or someone you know runs a business in York, then you’re in great luck as the City of York Council are offering completely free advice to help your enterprise grow!

All you need to do is reach out, and one of their Growth Managers will work with your business personally to identify the specific challenges you face and help you plan for future growth, drawing on their wealth of local knowledge and connections. 

They recently helped Poppleton-based business York Probe Sources (YPS) secure £20,000 in grant funding from the national Made Smarter scheme to scale up their business.

Additionally, the council can help you access a range of specific support programmes they’ve commissioned through the government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund to help businesses of all shapes and sizes thrive:

Green Economy is supporting businesses to cut costs and their carbon emissions, with one business saving over £23k on their annual energy bills. 

Start and Grow York helps early-stage businesses get their ideas off the ground practical advice and support.

Innovate York is dedicated to helping businesses gain competitive advantage, extend their market reach and adapt to changing trends

IGNITE Social Enterprise supports not for profits and social enterprises to maximise their impact.

Cllr Pete Kilbane, City of York Council’s Deputy Leader and Executive Member for Economy and Culture, said, 

“Here at City of York Council, we’re proud to offer free support to businesses. In my year in the role, it has been a huge pleasure meeting our business community, whose energy and innovative ideas play a major role in making York a wonderful place to live, work and visit. When meeting businesses it has been great to hear about the impact the work of our business support team has had, helping businesses to grow, bringing more investment and jobs to the city.”

Whether you have an initial idea, or you’re running an established business, or anything in between, they can help. Start a conversation with their team at economicgrowth@york.gov.uk.

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