Help for business in the financial downturn

National schemes

Business Link South East

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
• Managing financial difficulty
• Useful online tools and guides
• 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
• Directgov – 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