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North Devon Marketing Bureau
The North Devon Marketing Bureau's main aim is to promote and develop tourism for the North Devon and Torridge area
Exeter Business Advise Centre
Experienced, accredited advisors are ready to offer start ups and existing businesses impartial, free and confidential advice on all aspects of business.
West Devon Business Information Point
West Devon Business Information point assists many people start and successfully develops their business each year.
Enterprise Plymouth Ltd
Enterprise Plymouth Limited provides free, confidential and independent advice, counselling and training to start-up and established small businesses situated within the Plymouth Travel to Work Area.
Enterprise South Devon
Enterprise South Devon offer a range of business support services and information to both new and established companies, as well to individuals or groups of people thinking of starting completely new business ventures in the area
Mid Cornwall Enterprise Trust Ltd
The Mid-Cornwall Enterprise Trust's mission is to provide free, confidential and unfettered advice to small businesses and those people thinking of starting a business
West Cornwall Enterprise Trust
Enterprise West Cornwall is an independent business dedicated to the provision of comprehensive business support, consultancy and training services: developing the local economy by helping businesses to succeed.
Enterprise Tamar
Enterprise Tamar is a not for profit organisation set up in 1983 to provide free, confidential and independent business advice to everyone.
Federation of Small Business
The federation of Small Business exists to promote the interest of the self employed and all those who run thier own business.
Regional
NES Programme
The New Entrepreneur Scholarships Programme (NES) helps people living in disadvantaged areas to start in business. People from disadvantaged areas and backgrounds often have the ideas and ambition to succeed in business, but many say they find it hard to find support and finance relevant to their needs.
Incubation Centre (for start up businesses)
Incubation North Devon provides Free focused business support to start up businesses in the Torridge and North Devon District Council areas.
Exmoor National Park
Exmoor National Park was created in 1954 to conserve and enhance the natural beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage of the National Park and to promote opportunities for the understanding and enjoyment of the special qualities of the Park by the public.
North Devon College
North Devon College is a Tertiary College situated in Barnstaple, North Devon. It sits on top of a hill overlooking the town with panoramic views accross the river Taw estuary.
Princes Trust
Princess Trust offers practical support including training, mentoring and financial assistance. They help 14 - 30 year olds realise their potential and transform their lifes
Exeter University – Business Projects
Exeter Uni is a leading UK University with 14,000 students at our campuses in Exeter and Cornwall, research of £34M a year and a network of 58,000 alumni accross 150 countries.
Leader+
Leader + is a six year European Union funding initiative to support small-scale rural development initiatives. It was established to encourage local people to develop projects that address local problems.
Envision
Envision business objectives are to help and support small to medium size businesses in the South West through enviromental business support.
North Devon & Exmoor Regeneration Company
The " Reg Co" seeks to promote and co-ordinate sustainable, economic and social regeneration in North Devon and Exmoor, to maximise local benefits for communities and make the most effective use of all resources avaliable.
Devon Funding News
The Devon Funding News is published by the External Funding Team of the Children & Young People's Services of Devon County Council with contributions from the Economy & Regeneration Team.
South West Chamber of Commerce
Represents Chambers of Commerce on regional level and supports local Chambers
Plymouth University
Plymouth University is a vibrant and friendly University with a strong record of excellence and innovation accross our teaching, research and enterprise activities.
Exeter University
The University of Exeter can help you develop and test new products, explore new markets, find a new base or simply tell your customers about your company with our extensive specialist and corporate facilities.
Devon Renaissance
Devon Renaissance is a not for profit partnership providing advice and grant funding in order to help create prosperity and jobs and improve access to services in rural areas.
Community Council Of Devon
The Community Council of Devon offers rural communities help to shape thier own futures with improved opportunity and quality of life for all.
Connecting South West
This regional web site is beneficial for anyone involved or interestes in the development of Broadband
Developing Businesses
South West Gate Way
South West Gate Way helps rural businesses accross the South West to develop and adapt to change.
Rural Progress
Rural Progress enables other rural business and farmers to put in to practise how they want to improve their business.
South West Chambers of Rural Enterprise
The South West Chamber of Rural Enterprise works to encouragsustainable and profitable land based businessess.
Creative Enterprise Gateway
Creative Enterprise Gateway offers creative industires in the South West easy access to a wide variety of sources of information advice and guidance.
Business Support Network
The Business Support Network encourages women living in the South West to become business owners and to support women who own their own business
Young Start South West
Young start South West offers information, contacts and resources for young people that have a great idea.
Birtish Volunteer Mentors in Devon and Cornwall
British Volunteer Mentors Devon and Cornwall provides support and advice for small businesses.
South West Investment Group
The South West Investment Group is the largest provider of complimentary loan finance to small and medium sized business.
South West Manufacturing Advisory Service
South West Manufacturing Advisory Service provides practical advice and support for manurfacturers
Devon arts culture
Devon Arts Culture provides support for the arts, crafts and musical businesses.
Small Business Service
BERR's Enterprise Directorate retains specialist expertise in policies to both strenghten the enterprise enviroment for small business and to enable more people and communities to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities.
Growing your own business
Growing your own business gives you the opportunity to learn from experts, network with your peers and suppliers , and will help you find out how you can best develop you business.
Make your mark
The make your mark campaign helps young people to make their ideas happen.If you have got an idea then check out this website to find out what to do next!
Green Tourism Advice
The Green Tourism Advice scheme helps people planning to come on holiday to Devon choose their accommodation, from over 40 award winning businesses that support the Green Tourist Business Scheme.
South West Regional Development Agency
An invaluable source of information connected with the regional Economic Strategy.They lead the development of sustainable economy in the South West, investing to unlock the region's business potential.
Connecting South West
Connecting South West is a regional web site that will benifit anyone involved or intrested in the development for broadband and ICT in the South West.
Tourism
Visit Exmoor
Visit Exmoor works in partnership to promote and develop tourism from Exmoor National Park to the Quantock Hills.
Exmoor
Exmoor Tourism Association works in partnership to promote and develop tourism in Greater Exmoor area.
South West Tourism
South West Tourism work to encourage the promotion and development of tourism.
Food and Drink
Source Produce
By shopping with Source Produce, they give you the opportunity to discover the fantastic food and drink grown and produced in your area. From an organic vegetable box to a week's worth of groceries, they have a wide range of produce available.
Taste of the west
Taste of the West’s vision for the South West is to connect the region’s superb farmers and producers, chefs and caterers, distributors, wholesalers and retailers with the market.
Devon Food Links
Devons food links offers information on the best local food and drink from Devon. Since 1998 Devon Food Links has been working closely with businesses in the local food and drink sector to help them sell their products directly to the public.
South West Food and Drink Enterprise Development Service
South West of England is recognised as the UK's leading food and drink region with the most successful and sustainable producers offering unrivalled product choice.
Communities
Devon Community Organisation
Devon Community Organisations provides information about the function and activities of Devon Community and Voluntary organisations.
Community Projects North Devon
Community Projects North Devon works in northern Devon to relieve poverty, homelessness and isolation, and to maximise people’s life chances.
Enviroment
Renewable Energy 4 Devon offers grants for feasibility studies and installation for small businesses. RE4D is a partnership providing free independent advice and support.
Envirowise
Envirowise offers UK businesses free, independent, confidential advice and support on practical ways to increase profits, minimise waste and reduce environmental impact.
Netregs
NetRegs provides free enviromental guidance for small businesses.NetRegs provides free environmental guidance for small businesses in the UK. They will help you to understand what you need to do to comply with environmental legislation and protect the environment.
Westcountry Rivers Trust
West Country Rivers Trust offers help to secure the preservation, protection, development and improvement of the rivers and streams.
South West Forest
South West Forest Offer free independant advice, grants and training. They facilitate the management of new and existing woods
Silvanus Trust
The Silvanus Trust works through partnerships to regenerate the woodlands in the South West for economic, social and environmental benefits.
Devon Wild life Trust
Devon Wild Life Trust is concerned with all aspects of Wildlife conservation in Devon
Skills and Training
Learning & Skills Council Devon & Cornwall
Learning & Skills Council Devon & Cornwall provides planning and funding of further education, adult and community education, government-funded work-based training and school sixth forms.
Tourism Skills Networking
The Tourism Skills Network works with employers to identify training needs and deliver programmes in partnership with training agencies to improve the skills base and capacity of the workforce, as well as promoting tourism as a career of first choice.
Lantra
Lantra is the Sector Skills Council for the enviromental and land-based business to drive forward new skills, training and business agenda for the new sector.
Banks
Barclays
HSBC
Lloyds
Natwest
Councils
Devon County Council
North Devon District Council
North Cornwall District Council
Torridge District Council
West Devon District Council
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