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Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Below are a number of resource websites that were recommended by the ISBA.

• Small Business Research Portal
  

  This portal has been designed to provide links to internet sites that will be helpful to fellow small business researchers, policy-makers and support agencies. It will be maintained to ensure that the links are still valid and extra features will be added on a continuous basis. The objective is to make this site the definitive portal for small business research.
  
  The portal has been designed to be easy and quick to use. Unnecessary graphics and other features that slow down response rates have been avoided. A straightforward menu structure has been adopted to aid navigation.
  

• Small Business Service
  

  The Small Business Service (SBS) is an agency within the United Kingdom's ISBA that champions the interests of small businesses.
  
  We also operate a national helpline for businesses
  Te: 0845 600 9 006 (local rates, open 8am to 8pm Monday to Saturday).

  
  

• Institute of Business Advisors
  

  IBA is a non-profit making professional Institute of individual Business Advisers, Counsellors, Mentors and Trainers who specialise in helping small firms. IBA Members can be found in most Business Links, Training & Enterprise Councils, Enterprise Agencies and similar business support organisations throughout the UK.
  
  

• Manchester Metropolitan University

• The Royalist
  
  

•  BiiBA - British Insurance and Investment Brokers' Association

• The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
  http://www.accaglobal.com/
  
  (ACCA) is the largest global accountancy body, with nearly 300,000 members and students worldwide.
  
  Over half of ACCA's members either work in or for small businesses. ACCA has worked to ensure it is the accountancy body closest to the SME sector. ACCA drives forward an active campaign on behalf of the wider SME community, working in alliance with leading small business opinion formers, agencies and the government.
  
  
  

• Small Firms Enterprise Development Initiative (SFEDI)
  
  
  We will increase the ability of the self employed and owners of small businesses (and their staff) to start up,
  survive and thrive. This is through awareness of enterprise as a positive career choice, access to
  improved learning assistance and the highest standards of small business support.