Useful Websites

HSBC Bank – www.hsbc.com
Connect Midlands – www.connectmidlands.org
Grants & funding – www.j4b.co.uk
Princes Trust – www.princes-trust.org.uk
Access to Finance – www.businesssupport.biz/access2finance/fundinglist.asp?cid=13
Sources of Finance Stoke-on Trent – www2002.stoke.gov.uk/business/default.asp
Advantage West Midlands – www.advantagewm.co.uk
Company formation – forms and templates – www.companieshouse.gov.uk or www.4business.com
Funding for Creative Industry start-ups – www.nesta.org.uk/theacademy/index.htm
Enterprise and Innovation Activity & Events – www.2wm.co.uk/innovation-networks
Support for Manufacturing companies – www.innovation-direct.com
Business help and advice – www.clearlybusiness.com
Barclays Bank Business Tips & Interactive CD guide - https://www.barclaysmicrosites.co.uk/start_up/landing_battery.html?WT.srch=1

Birmingham Central Library – Business start up support - www.bestforbusiness.com
Patent / trademark/ design rights searches – www.ipo.gov.uk