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National
Council for Work Experience - employers'
questions and answers
Greater
Merseyside Enterprise
Liverpool
City Council
Wirral
Direct - advice for moving or expanding onto the Wirral
Health
and Safety Executive
Companies
House - registration and provision of company information
Department
of Trade and Industry - advice for SMEs
Department
of Trade and Industry - main page
Confederation
of British Industry
Liverpool
Business Centre
UK
Online - information and support on the best use of technology for SMEs
Chambers
of Commerce - national site
Clearly
Business - general information for SMEs
Smallbusiness.co.uk
Small
Business Bureau
Small
Business Club
Federation
of Small Businesses
Institute
for Small Business Affairs
The
Big Small Business Inititative
Small
Business Research Portal
Yahoo
Small Business Centre
The
Forum of Private Business
Women
In Business
Train
2000 - a voluntary sector organisation for women providing a range of support
services to facilitate the development of Merseyside enterprise initiatives.
Ethnic
Minority Business Forum
The
Black Professional
Clickwalla.com
- Asian business section
is4profit
- general business advice
Advisory,
Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS)
Merseyworld
- links to helpful websites
UK
Net Guide - advice listings
Rhodes-Blakeman
Associates - general business advice
B.T.
Business advice
British
Retail Consortium
Direct
Access Government for Business
Digital
Industries North West
Globalwatch
- the DTI's International Technology Service
British
Computer Society
Federation
of Environmental Trade Associations - heating, ventilating, refrigeration
and air conditioning industry
The
Environment Agency
Envirowise
- environmental advice for business
Envirolink
Northwest - environmental technologies and services
Groundwork
- environmental regeneration. Includes an environmental business service (EBS)
Merseyside
Business Environment Network (MERBEN)
Environet
21 - environmental links
Mersey
BIO (Biotechnology Incubator Organisation)- support for the life sciences
Bionow
- site for Biotechnologists, including useful links
Northwest
Science - a vision for science in the region
Chemical
Industries Association (CIA)
North
West Chemical Initiative (NWCI) - includes further links
NWTexNet
- textiles site including further links
Regional
Arts Online
The
Design Council
The
Crafts Council - national org. for the promotion of contemprary crafts
Arts
and Business - many links to other related sites
Ready
Meals - information for the food industry
Merseyside
Automotive Group
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The
National Business Awards
Growing
Business Awards
World
Aware Awards
The
Queens Awards for Enterprise
National
Training Awards
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Skillsbase
- Labour market information database
The
Institute for Employment Studies
Regional
Economic Strategy Review
BUBL
Information Service
This
Is Money - Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, Evening Standard
The
Guardian - Business Section
The
Times - Business Section
The
Independent - Business Section
The
Big Project - News Sectionlinks to newspapers and news agencies
Moreover
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Liverpool
Business Centre - Business Directory section
British
Telecom Directory Enquiries
Now2business
Matren
Yellow
Pages
The
Applegate Directory
Dun
and Bradstreet UK
The
UK Business Directory
Europages
- European Business Directory
Global
Directory for Women in Business
Green
Guide Online - organic, eco-friendly and ethical organisations
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Ethnic
Minorities and the Labour Market - a report
Disability
Rights
Disability
Links
Computers
for the Disabled
Equal
Opportunities Commission
Equality
Direct
Commission
for Racial Equality
RNID
(Royal National Institute for the Deaf) - includes comprehensive links
Diversity
Mentoring UK - programme linking employers
to Black and Asian students and students with disabilities
Employers
Forum on Age
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Liverpool John Moores University:
Business
Development Centre
International
Centre for Digital Content - includes free IT courses
Careers
Service
University of Liverpool:
Research
and Business Services
Careers
Service
Liverpool Hope University College:
Careers
Service
Other:
Business
Bridge North-East - the University of Sunderland's
project based on the Liverpool Business Bridge model
Learning
from Experience in the North West (LENW)
- a comprehensive online resource for anyone interested in the student employability
agenda and Higher Education's links with the SME community.
The
Leonardo Project - The Graduate/Company
Perspective - An Investigation of the Capability Needs for Competitiveness in
the European Global Market (with a reference to Business Bridge on page 24)
Map
of UK Universities, HE and FE Colleges. Includes links to Institutions' websites
Universities
UK - official gateway site to the UK's universities, colleges and research
organisations.
North
West Universities Association - circulates enquiries to all the Northwest
Higher Education Institutions
Open
University
The
Contact Partnership - based in Greater Manchester, offering Incubation, Innovation
and Knowledge Transfer
Department
for Education and Skills
Small
Business Research Trust - Open University
TCS
Northwest (Teaching Company Scheme)
Good
University Guide - The Times HE tables
University
Guide - The Guardian university rankings, staistics etc
Old
vs New Universities
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National
Federation of Enterprise Agencies
Young
Enterprise
Start
In Business
Startups.co.uk
UK
Business Incubation
SBS
Incubation Fund
KPMG
Incubation Services
Venture
Exchange Network
Health
and Safety Executive Small Business Start Up
Campus
Ventures - encouraging scientists, inventors
and technologists
Innovation
Unit - Government Site
Innovate
- Northwest Development Agency's Innovation team
Merseybio
- support for the life science sector
BVCA
- British Venture Capital Association
Entrepreneur
of the Year Awards
The
Prince's Trust
Working
Solo
BIzOffice
- Small and Home Based Business Resources
Shell
Livewire - for 16-30 year olds wanting to start their own business
Real
Deal - Channel 4's startup site
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National
Minimum Wage regulations
Payline
- Specialists in payroll solutions for small and developing businesses
The
Financial Ombudsman Service
Financial
Services Authority
The
Inland Revenue
Merseyside
Special Investment Fund
European
Funding for the North West
Export
Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD) - The UK's Official Export Credit Agency
BusinessPartners.com
- introducing business to partners and capital
Industrial
Common Ownership Finance Ltd (ICOF)
Small
Business Loans
J4B
- free grants and loans information database
Credit
to Cash
British
Bankers Association
Bank
of England
Royal
Bank of Scotland
Alliance
and Leicester
Barclays
HSBC
Natwest
LloydsTSB
Lloyd's
of London
The
Better Payment Practice Group
National
Debtline
Insolvency
Helpline
Corporate
Rescue
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Guide
to business insurance
Clearly
Business - flowchart guide to type of insurance
needed
BT
guide to choosing and using an insurance
broker
UK
on-line Business Guide to insurance
Association
of British Insurers - Members
Business
Insurance Services
1st
Business Insurance
Access
Business Insurance
Home
Business Insurance
Hill
House Hammond - recommended by Norwich
Union
Crosswell
Insurance Services
A
and P Business Finance (Merseyside) Ltd
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UK
Patent Office - responsible for patents, copyrights, trademarks, designs
European
Patent Office
Intellectual
Property - Government backed Intellectual Property
resource
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Currency
Converter
Trade
fairs, exhibitions and events worldwide
TSNN
- exhibitions worldwide
The
Port of Liverpool
SITPRO
- Simplifying International Trade
Trade
Partners - advice on exporting
Foreign
and Commonwealth Office
British
Council
World
Chambers of Commerce
Kompass
- finds international companies
Customs
and Excise
North
West Euro Forum
Euro
Info Centre North West
European
Union on-line
European
Commission in the UK
European
Information Network in the UK
European
Small Business Alliance
EU
Business
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StudentComputers.co.uk
- cheap computers - and you don't have to be a student
Merseyside
ICT
Merseyside
Adapt - improving SME competitiveness using
ICT
IT
Training
Computer
Weekly
Merit
- the UK's foremost Information & Communication Technology (ICT) user group
Technology
Means Business - business related ICT advice
Microsoft
Small Business Advice
HE-IT
- the marriage of Higher Education and the IT Industry
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Telecoms
Advice
NWDA
(Northwest Development Agency)
Englandsnorthwest
- an events database for the Northwest region
NWRA
(Northwest Regional Assembly)
The
Merseyside Partnership Action Plan 2002-2005
Data
Protection
Trading
Standards
The
Office of Fair Trading
Institute
of Quality Assurance
British
Standards
Trades
Union Congress (TUC)
Environment
Agency
Sustainability
NorthWest
Merseyside
Police
NorthWest
Water (United Utilities)
Royal
Mail (Consignia)
DHL
- international courier
FedEx
Express - international courier
TNT
- international courier
UPS
- international courier
Which?
Online
The
Big Project - an excellent way to start your search
UK
Shop Index - on-line procurement services for SMEs
Business
Books UK
Books
On Line
Books
Direct
Amazon
Magazine
Focus
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Google
Lycos
Yahoo
All
The Web
Altavista
Excite
Hotbot
Webcrawler
Freesearch
Ask
Jeeves - ask Jeeves a question and he'll bring up relevant webpages
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Connections
Group - techniques for the interviewer
UK
Employment Law
Sector
Skills Development Agency
National
Training Organisations
NVQ
website
Learndirect
- business pages including online training
Campaign
for Learning - includes learning at work
Lifelong
Learning
Learning
Northwest
National
Training Awards
Centre
for Recording Achievement
Healthy
Merseyside - health improvement in the workplace
People
Maps
ivillage
- work and career pages
Bradley
- interview advice
fish4
- career centre
Investors
In People (IIP) - the national Standard which sets a level of good practice
for training and development of people to achieve business goals.
Work
Permits
Job
Centre
Student
Employment Rights
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Multimap
- detailed local, national and international maps
Streetmap
- detailed national map
Mersey
Travel - local bus, train, ferry, tunnel information
Arriva
- bus and train information
Public
Transport Information - all public transport in the UK
The
Highways Agency
Liverpool
John Lennon Airport
Manchester
Airport
Seacat
- ferry to Ireland and the Isle of Man
National
Express - coaches
National
Rail - train routes, timetables etc
Rail
Track - train timetables
Merseyside
Tourist Information
Liverpool
and Wirral Tourist Information
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