Business Support in Essex
Help to grow your Essex business
Let’s Do Business Group have been providing professional business support to entrepreneurs and business owners across Essex for many years, helping them to launch, grow and thrive.
We offer a range of services designed to navigate the diverse needs of businesses at every stage of their development. From starting up to strategic growth, our team are committed to delivering expert guidance and resources to facilitate your success.
Working with local authorities and partner organisations we deliver a host of programmes tailored to align with your business objectives, stimulating the growth of the local economy and creating and safeguarding jobs.
Our goal is to equip you with the tools and knowledge necessary to navigate and overcome your business challenges and seize the wealth of opportunities ahead.
What support do we offer in Essex?
How can we help your business?
Our services in Essex
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Professional Business Advice from Expert Advisors
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Access to Business Finance from Let's Do Business Finance
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Workshops and Training
Key areas of support
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Financial Planning and Business Finance
Our advisor team includes business finance specialists who will support your business financial planning as well as identify finance solutions and grants to support your cash flow and grow your business.
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Innovation and Business Strategy
We can help you explore cost effective and efficient solutions, technologies, and markets to benefit your future development, supply chain, and business operations.
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Staffing and recruitment
As well as identifying ways to increase productivity levels we can navigate you to the right resources to up skill your team.
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Workplace operations
We can work with you to identify the best operating environment and working practices for your business in the future.
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Digital Skills and Marketing
Get to grips with modern marketing, understanding digital technologies, segmented audiences and effective engagement with customers to foster loyalty and generate sales.
Our Essex Business Support Programmes
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Backing Essex Business
Free Business advice and support to access business finance to grow your business in Essex, including access to events and training opportunities. Also part of Backing Essex Business is the free Group2Grow Peer Group Programme, which connects Essex business people together to make new connections and learn new skills with the support of an expert business coach.
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Southend-on-Sea
Whether you’re just starting up or you’re an already established business in Southend-on-Sea, our team is here to help you not only survive in times of economic difficulty, but to help you grow and thrive with access to free support, advice, events and access to business finance.
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BEST Growth Hub
The BEST Growth Hub works in Essex, Southend and Thurrock to help new and existing businesses find the most suitable type of business support available in their area. Whether you are starting up, looking to grow, or are seeking to overcome challenges to your business, we can help.
Upcoming events for Essex businesses
Essex businesses (excluding businesses based in Thurrock) may access Marketing workshops from our subsidiary Let’s Do Marketing for FREE with code ‘ESSEX25’, saving £25pp.
Latest news from our Essex business support programmes
Looking for a new place to call home for your business?
Our managed workspace in Chipping Ongar, Essex
The Gables,
Fyfield Rd,
Ongar
CM5 0GA
Ongar Business Centre
The Coval
Our managed workspace in Chelmsford, Essex
Civic Centre
Duke St
Chelmsford
Essex
CM1 1JE