Help for business – beat the downturn

National schemes

Business Link – Real Help Now

Get a health check for your business, find ways to save money, improve your finances, retain staff and improve productivity.

• Managing a business when times get tough
• Useful online tools and guides
• More time to pay rates
• More time to pay taxes – Business Payment Support Service

Local help

Sussex Enterprise

Advice from ‘the voice of business in Sussex', one of the biggest Chambers of Commerce in the UK.

Construction

A special website to join buyers with subcontractors in major public construction projects:

• Build East Sussex

Redundancies

If your business is facing the difficult decision of making redundancies, there is help for you and your employees:

• Business Link – making an employee redundant
  guidance on rights and procedures, how you can best help your employees, and a checklist to plan for potential redundancies
• Direct Gov – Redundancy
  let your employees know about the comprehensive redundancy advice available online.

How can we help you?

• Trading Standards – advice for businesses
• Developing your business
• Finance and grants
• Business Planning