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Small businesses and new businesses

Improve your business performance

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Innovation and technology

Help with environmental matters

Help with regulations

Help with European matters

Help for Trade Associations

Changes to Business Support

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Business support solutions

Business support solutions - DTI provides a small suite of grants, loans guarantees and subsidised consultancy to address a range of business issues.

View summary table to see if the DTI's Business support solutions are applicable to your business (pdf, 38KB) , or visit the four areas below for more detailed information about the range of support available and whether your business could be eligible:

Succeeding through innovation: Providing practical support for the key stages of innovation or research and development

Achieving best practice: Helping businesses to become more efficient, competitive and profitable

Raising finance: Supporting small or high growth companies to obtain investment

Regional investment: Encouraging investment in specific areas of England to promote economic regeneration

Achieving best practice in your business - access our case studies, guide and tools to see how you could improve your business performance. The DTI has been promoting best practice for many years as a way of helping businesses become more efficient, competitive and profitable. This website contains case studies, free brochures, reports and a range of self-assessment tools, to help you improve every aspect of your business.


We have many ways to help businesses to export including market research, sales leads, and trade missions overseas. Find out more at the UK Trade & Investment website.

Corporate venturing involves investments by larger companies in new or expanding small business. Find out more on the on the Business Link website.

'Business Angels' are private individuals who invest in businesses. DTI supports the National Business Angels Network that brings together companies and investors.

The New Deal offers financial help with salary and training costs for companies employing young and long-term unemployed people. Find out more from the DWP's website or your local Business Links (and equivalents outside England).

The work of UK Trade & Investment (TPUK) on Countertrade and offset is now dealt by British Consultants and Construction Bureau (BCCB). The new BCCB Countertrade service was launched on 8 April 2002. Find out more on the UK Trade & Investment website.
Related DTI sites:
Business Link
The Government site for practical business advice and help.
Companies House
Link to a wide range of Government sites and professional bodies that can provide general guidance and support for UK companies.
Patent Office
Access the site of the organisation responsible for intellectual property – copyright, designs, patents and trade marks – in the UK.
The DTI Neighbourhood Renewal Implementation Strategy
A hugely ambitious programme to turn our most disadvantaged neighbourhoods around.
Related external sites:
DTI is not responsible for the content of external sites.
The administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland work with DTI to support firms in their respective countries. They also operate individual initiatives to help businesses. In addition, there are Government Offices and new Regional Development Agencies.