Our new business support service is tailored to help Essex businesses survive and thrive during COVID-19 and beyond.
Specialist financial support for North Essex businesses
Start, restructure, rebuild, and thrive.
Businesses based in North Essex districts such as Braintree, Maldon, Tendring, Colchester and Chelmsford, can call upon our team of experienced business advisors or attend a programme of free webinars and workshops tailored towards business finance topics, to provide the help and support required to get you to where you need to be.
Fully funded business support
Offering 1:2:1 impartial business advice, unique to you, we’ll be able to help you with financial forecasting, finding the right finance for you, and the funding application process. Whether you are looking to recover and rebuild following a difficult time, or develop and grow, the dedicated team are on hand to offer free help for your North Essex business to fulfill your goals.
Support to Start a Business
We’re here to help. As an accredited delivery partner for The Start Up Loan Company with Let’s Do Business Finance, we can offer Start Up Loans from as little as £500 to £25k. The scheme includes up to 12 months of free business mentoring, as well as help with your application.
Financial Review
Let’s Do Business Group are accredited delivery partners of the Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS) delivered by the British Business Bank to support businesses following the pandemic with loans up to £150k. The loan can be used for business purposes, of managing cashflow, investment and growth, and with our mentoring support included to assist you with debt management, you’ll be able to get your finances back on track, and look forward to the future.
Business Finance
We can help you with Business Loans from £25k - £100k through Let’s Do Business Finance, which can help you to finance a range of options for your unique business needs, including expanding your operations, sales, marketing, staff, sourcing new business assets and more. We do not charge early repayment fees and our team of finance experts are working around the clock to get the funding to you as quickly as possible.
Workshops and webinars
Benefit from programmes of free workshops, training, and webinars tailored towards business finance topics to provide the help and support required to get you to where you need to be, while also being able to network with other businesses in Essex.
““Backing Essex Business were instrumental in providing us with some funding for our expansions and brewery project next door and that really stopped that project from taking the whole thing under. We’re eternally grateful for that.””
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FRP Advisory
We’re honest, clear and considered. It’s how we get tangible results for our clients.
We get under the skin of businesses in complex and difficult situations. With over 520 people including 79 partners, we have a deep understanding of why crises happen and how to find a way out.
Specialising in forensics, corporate finance, debt, restructuring and pensions, we deliver strategic solutions across a broad range of situations. We draw on experts within each of our service areas to put the best people in place for each circumstance.
Working across the board, from multinational organisations to small enterprises, we develop effective strategies for all kinds of businesses. Every situation is tackled with FRP’s honest, clear, and considered approach.
Backing Essex Business is undertaking this project jointly with the North Essex Economic Board (NEEB). The Board is a partnership of local authorities in the area: Braintree, Maldon, and Tendring district councils, Colchester Borough Council, Chelmsford City Council and Essex County Council.
This project is funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a central pillar of the UK government's Levelling Up agenda and provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills. For more information, visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-shared-prosperity-fund-prospectus
