BigWales

Who can help me?

Agencies who can help you:

Business Eye
Business Eye is a free, impartial information service created to find the answer to your business questions. Visit the website or telephone: 0845796 97 98

Wales Tourist Board
These web pages provide information on the work of the Wales Tourist Board and provide online access to their many services. They will also inform you about news of relevance to the Tourism Industry.

British Chambers of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce provide their members with access to a wide range of advice & information on business topics.

Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)
Promoting the interests of small businesses.

Forum of Private Business
The Forum of Private Business (FPB) helps business owners cope with day-to-day problems by influencing laws and policies affecting businesses.

WDA: Welsh Development Agency
A wide range of information on doing business in Wales.

Wales Euro Info Centre
Information geared to helping Welsh SMEs profit from business links throughout the European Union.

CBI and CBI Wales
Key representative of business in Britain.

Institute of Directors
65% of IoD members are directors of small and medium-sized enterprises.

Chartered Management Institute
Information from the CMI is aimed at managers in every size of business.

Institute of Business Advisers
How to find advice if you are a small business.

Business Clubs
Check our directory of Business Contacts in Wales to find more details of business clubs in your area.

Websites which can help:UK

Business Link
This is now the main website run by the Small Business Service for UK small firms. It provides practical business information and advice.

Business Zone
The everyday resource for UK business professionals on the Internet.

Clearly Business
Extensive business website from Freeserve and Barclays.

Better Business
Excellent free website from Better Business - the UK's leading small business subscription magazine. For the one-man band working from home or a growing enterprise, there's a whole range of useful stuff including: latest news for small businesses, a huge list of vital contacts and links, free factsheets and proven profit boosters.

Real Business
UK magazine for growing companies. Type in a keyword to search free archive of over 550 articles.

Homeworking.com
Free UK site with everything you need to know about working from home.

SmartEric.com
"the only website that supports self employed professionals and helps companies find freelances".

Websites which can help:USA
Idea Cafe
"A fun approach to serious business" - one of the top American small business sites.

AllBusiness.com
An excellent American small business site with a wide range of useful information.

Business.com
A dedicated business search engine that is simple & easy to navigate. A good starting point for anyone trying to locate industry specific data from general trends to niche product specifics. The site is USA orientated but some of the featured articles, reports and guidance notes will be useful to just about anyone.

Business Week
The small business section of Business Week is worth a visit just to keep abreast of what is happening within the SME market. Do bear in mind though, that the site is written for an American audience. However, this shouldn't put you off as it carries some very newsworthy, in-depth articles.

Small Business Knowledge Base
This free resource is run by the US company BizMove.com. It is packed with advice on starting and running small businesses, from marketing plans to loans and working from home. Although US-based, much of the information could apply to UK businesses. Some free downloadable software is offered.

Entrepreneur.com
A wide range of articles and resources on this American site.