Our National Partners
HM Revenue & Customs work in partnership with other government departments to deliver the national programme of Business Advice Days across the UK. Our partners also promote the events through their own channels.
Age Positive
Age positive is the Department for Works and Pensions campaign to tackle age discrimination. From October 2006, new Legislation in the UK will make it unlawful to discriminate in the workplace on the grounds of age.
www.agepositive.gov.uk
Environment Agency
The Environment Agency is the leading Public body protecting and improving the environment in England and Wales. It's our job to make sure that air, land and water are looked after by everyone in today's society. They have a wide range of legal duties touching on almost every aspect of the environment. Their aim is to deliver integrated environmental management.
www.environment-agency.gov.uk/business
NetRegs
NetRegs is a free website that provides clear, straightforward guidance to small and medium-sized businesses on how to comply with environmental legislation. It provides tailored guidance for 110 business types and more general guidance by environmental topic. NetRegs also provides comprehensive good practice guidance to help businesses to improve their environmental performance, protect their business reputation and save money. NetRegs is a UK-wide partnership between the Environment Agency in England and Wales, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and the Environment and Heritage Service in Northern Ireland (EHS).
NetRegs provides:
- an online Waste Directory where businesses can find their nearest licensed waste management facility
- a compliance self-assessment tool
- an email alert service, providing regular updates on environment law through the year
www.netregs.gov.uk
Health & Safety Executive
The Health and Safety Executive have a role to ensure that regulations of health and safety risks arising from work activity in Britain are enforced. HSE is responsible for enforcement in businesses such as factories, farms, building sites, health and education services, and local authority owned premises.
www.hse.gov.uk
Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys
The Institute’s involvement aims to increase awareness amongst the business community of the importance of trade marks and the enormous potential value inherent in them. They can offer advice to local business people about the importance and value of searching and registering trade marks – the marks that distinguish one person’s goods or services from others.
www.itma.org.uk
UK Intellectual Property Office.
The UK Intellectual Property Office is an Executive Agency of the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS). We were previously known as the Patent Office and have been in existence for 150 years:
We are the official government body responsible for
the establishment and maintenance of the national framework of intellectual property rights.
These IP rights include Patents, Trade Marks, Designs and Copyright. We are also responsible for raising awareness of IP across the UK to business and education audiences.
www.ipo.gov.uk
RICS – The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
RICS is one of the most respected and high profile global "standards and membership" organisations for professionals involved in land, valuation, property, construction and environmental issues.
They can help you:
- Cut the cost of rent, rates and service charges
- Eliminate unused space
- Exploit property sale and leaseback deals
- Identify new ways of working
- Plan future business property needs
www.rics.org/business
PRIME
PRIME is the only national organisation dedicated to helping people aged over 50 to set up in business. We are a charity company whose aim is to release the untapped potential of people in their 50s, 60s and 70s.
www.primeinitiative.org.uk
Helpline: 0800 783 1904
Jobcentre Plus
Jobcentre Plus is a government agency supporting people of working age from welfare into work, and helping employers to fill their vacancies. We are part of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and play a major role in supporting the Department’s aim to Promote opportunity and independence for all through modern, customer-focused services.
www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk
Companies House
the foundation of company information exchange in the UK: helping business, informing the public and benefiting the economy.
www.companieshouse.gov.uk
Learn Direct
learndirect is a nationally recognised brand for learning and is the largest supplier of e learning courses of its kind in the world. We deliver our unique range of educational training products through three business streams:
www.learndirect-advice.co.uk
HM Government
www.direct.gov.uk
If you are interested in becoming a partner, please contact Mitch Johnson, Design and Development Manager on 0121 697 4065.