Business Link

http://businesslink.gov.uk

Last activity: 18.06.2013

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Parsers VC has collected 40 articles mentioning Business Link, among them “UroSens receives £0.5 million funding and starts clinical trials” (Jun 18, 2013) and “£80 million start-up loans for new businesses” (May 30, 2012).

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Yes, Business Link is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jun 18, 2013.

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Jun 18, 2013	UroSens receives £0.5 million funding and starts clinical trials	UroSens Ltd, a start-up diagnostic company developing novel, non-invasive urine tests for the detection of prostate and bladder cancer, has announced it has received £0.5M ($0.8M) investment and has entered into clinical trials to assess th...
May 30, 2012	£80 million start-up loans for new businesses	£80 million start-up loans for new businesses 30-05-2012 An £82.5 million StartUp Loan scheme has been launched this week that will give our next generation of entrepreneurs the finance and support to potentially start over 30,000 new busin...
Jul 14, 2011	Cambridgeshire’s most innovative businesses receive recognition from the queen	Cambridgeshire’s most innovative businesses receive recognition from the queen 14-07-2011 Cambridgeshire’s most enterprising businesses will today (Thursday 14 July) attend an evening reception at Buckingham Palace after they were announced...
Jul 7, 2011	Businesses Step Up for a head start in South Cambridgeshire Notes to editors	Businesses Step Up for a head start in South Cambridgeshire 07-07-2011 After its success last year, South Cambridgeshire District Council’s (SCDC) Step Up competition is back. Designed to promote business start-up creativity and innovation,...
Jun 17, 2011	Award-winning ‘Make it Your Market’ partnership launches new traders with stalls and busin...	Award-winning ‘Make it Your Market’ partnership launches new traders with stalls and busin... 17-06-2011 Budding traders have been helped to get a variety of market-based businesses off the ground, as part of a successful project involving ...
May 25, 2011	More than 99,000 businesses seek help and advice from Business Link	More than 99,000 businesses seek help and advice from Business Link 25-05-2011 Against a backdrop of austerity, entrepreneurs in Cambridgeshire have continued to turn to Business Link for practical help and advice. Of 99,929 businesses in t...
Mar 22, 2011	It’s a start-up! Police officer turns private investigator	It’s a start-up! Police officer turns private investigator 22-03-2011 Police officer turned private investigator Chris Wiseman uncovers solid evidence that Business Link can help start a business... Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire have t...
Feb 14, 2011	Local businesses show their customers some love this Valentine’s Day	Local businesses show their customers some love this Valentine’s Day 14-02-2011 This Valentine’s Day, many of us will be concentrating on showing our loved ones how much we care. The latest survey by Business Link has shown that businesses ...
Feb 8, 2011	What can you learn from the co-founder of a £5bn company and an entrepreneur, author and m...	What can you learn from the co-founder of a £5bn company and an entrepreneur, author and m... 08-02-2011 Jamie Urquhart and Margaret Heffernan are speaking at Enterprise Tuesday tonight (8th February) on the topic of getting investment and ...
Dec 24, 2010	Business basics to shape up for 2011: 10 top tips from Business Link	Business basics to shape up for 2011: 10 top tips from Business Link 24-12-2010 As the end of the year approaches, many of us will take the chance to evaluate the past 12 months and make fresh plans for 2011. Business Link is on hand to pro...
Nov 17, 2010	More businesses survive with help from Business Link	More businesses survive with help from Business Link 17-11-2010 An independent survey carried out by Business Link in the East of England has revealed that entrepreneurs that seek advice from the service when starting out have an 84% surviv...
Sep 1, 2010	Want to get up to speed on tax, VAT and employing people?	Want to get up to speed on tax, VAT and employing people? 01-09-2010 Today’s businesses are facing tough times and the most successful take advantage of all the free help that is available. Established and new-start businesses from Cambridg...
Aug 9, 2010	Business Link customers more than 91% satisfied with the service	Business Link customers more than 91% satisfied with the service 09-08-2010 Local entrepreneurs continue to benefit from free business support The latest figures from Business Link in the East of England show that when it comes to business ...
May 27, 2010	Over 91,000 businesses find the right Link to business support	Over 91,000 businesses find the right Link to business support 27-05-2010 The year-end figures for Business Link in the East of England’s performance indicate that a challenging economic year has not discouraged Cambridgeshire’s businesses ...
Mar 26, 2010	Springtime start-ups: start afresh with Business Link’s new series of workshops in Cambrid...	Springtime start-ups: start afresh with Business Link’s new series of workshops in Cambrid... 26-03-2010 Business Link in the East of England has just launched a new workshop programme for April-September 2010 aimed at start-up businesses, ...
Mar 11, 2010	Business Link helps talented people with great business ideas!	Real life stories • Dyslexia is no bar to Alex Szabo’s unique business venue – South Coast Animal Ambulance • Leon and Gavin use Business Link to help start social enterprise – Launchpad Platform, Reading • Mark Turrell and Laura Morgans, M...
Mar 4, 2010	South East Entrepreneur Liz Jackson speaks to Business Link about International Women�s Day	Liz Jackson, from C4’s Secret Millionaire and business owner of Great Guns Marketing talks about why the South East is a great place for women to start a business and the importance of International Women’s Day. Extract from podcast: “Women...
Mar 2, 2010	Manufacturing support mapped out in the East of England	Manufacturing support mapped out in the East of England 02-03-2010 As EEF, the Manufacturers' Organisation, launches National Manufacturing Week (1-5 March) across the UK, manufacturing firms from this region are being urged to make the mos...
Feb 10, 2010	Cambs business owners tell Business Link of their love for their enterprise	Cambs business owners tell Business Link of their love for their enterprise 10-02-2010 As Valentine’s Day approaches, the latest survey from Business Link in the East of England shows that Cambs’ business owners are in love with, and truly ...
Jan 29, 2010	Traditional telephone lags behind the digital world in latest Business Link survey	Traditional telephone lags behind the digital world in latest Business Link survey 29-01-2010 With over three quarters of respondents to a recent Business Link survey recognising the importance of managing their business’s reputation online...
Nov 18, 2009	Government confirms most businesses in the East of England will see rate bills fall	Government confirms most businesses in the East of England will see rate bills fall 18-11-2009 The majority of business rate bills in the East of England – over one hundred thousand – will fall next year as a result of revaluation, the Gove...
Nov 12, 2009	dotDigital Wins Growth Strategy Of The Year At National Business Awards	Digital marketing company recognised for outstanding organic growth London, 12th November 2009 – dotDigital Group PLC has won the Business Link Growth Strategy of the Year Award at the 2009 National Business Awards. The full service digital...
Sep 29, 2009	Forget working for a company, men in the East of England would rather work for themselves	Forget working for a company, men in the East of England would rather work for themselves 29-09-2009 According to the Office of National Statistics, the East of England is one of the top three regions in the United Kingdom for self employed...
Jul 25, 2009	OK, so it's not exactly "grim" up North for tech — But there are some issues	This is the first post in a series of three about the tech start-up community in the North East of England. It is the result of interviews with start-ups, investors and advisors over the course of this week. The interviews were conducted un...
Apr 16, 2009	UK Trade & Investment helps record number of firms earn £3.6bn profit	UK Trade & Investment helps record number of firms earn £3.6bn profit 16-04-2009 The latest data shows that UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) is helping hundreds more companies than ever before to export. The latest quarterly survey show...
Mar 31, 2009	Business Link workshops could work wonders on your business idea	Business Link workshops could work wonders on your business idea 31-03-2009 Anyone who is thinking of setting up a business or who is just starting out will benefit from the brand new - and free - Business Link East workshop programme which...
Jan 28, 2009	Get Smarta.com – Site aims at one-stop-shop to set up a business	A fairly big play to help small businesses grow fast launches today in the form of Smarta, an attempt to create a one-stop shop for setting up and growing a business. You’ll be hearing a lot about it in the press because it has a bunch of p...
Jan 15, 2009	Free lunch? – What does UK government funding mean to startups?	This is a guest post by Nick Halstead, CEO and founder of fav.or.it As I am in the midst of raising another round of funding for fav.or.it I wanted to cover some of my thoughts on the government’s recent announcement of further funding for ...
Dec 8, 2008	Is this £1bn from NESTA 'new' money? Will private equity really join in? And why is NESTA not answering their email?	It may well be that NESTA, the UK’s National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, will oversee a £1bn emergency venture capital fund aimed at pre-revenue technology start-up firms. But no-one at the body seems to be answering the...
Oct 16, 2008	Enterprise Tuesday – An inspiring link to business	Enterprise Tuesday – An inspiring link to business 16-10-2008 Business Link in the East of England is sponsoring the Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning’s Enterprise Tuesday programme during the Michaelmas term. The Centre for Entrepreneuri...
Sep 22, 2008	Minimum hassle for the minimum wage	Minimum hassle for the minimum wage 22-09-2008 The National Minimum Wage is set to rise next month. Refusal to pay it is a criminal offence and could result in a fine or even a prison sentence. To ensure you are up to date with the latest c...
Aug 18, 2008	Department for Business launches 'Employing People’ campaign to help businesses save milli...	Department for Business launches 'Employing People’ campaign to help businesses save milli... 18-08-2008 A new campaign to help businesses save time and money on employment costs has been launched by the Department for Business. The ‘Employ...
May 30, 2008	Business Link East has over 98,000 reasons to celebrate	Business Link East has over 98,000 reasons to celebrate 30-05-2008 When Business Link East began to deliver the new Business Link service for the East of England in April 07, there were huge expectations from all. The principal objective wa...
Mar 17, 2008	Cam Trade Marks at Microsoft	Cam Trade Marks at Microsoft 17-03-2008 Cam Trade Marks & IP Services takes part in national Intellectual Property Awareness Campaign hosted by Microsoft. Dr Roman Cholij of Cambridge-based Cam Trade Marks & IP Services, representin...
Oct 1, 2007	Benefits for businesses large and small with Companies Act 2006	Benefits for businesses large and small with Companies Act 2006 01-10-2007 Businesses will begin to see the benefits of the Companies Act from today (Monday 1st October), as the first major provisions of the Act are implemented. The Compani...
Jun 28, 2006	More than 7,000 contracts advertised on new Government website	More than 7,000 contracts advertised on new Government website 28-06-2006 There are now more than 7,000 Government contracts advertised on a new business portal which removes the barriers faced by many small businesses to access public sect...
Mar 4, 2005	New Business Link online tools ease the burden on busy SMEs	New Business Link online tools ease the burden on busy SMEs 04-03-2005 Businesslink. gov.uk, the government website that provides practical advice for SMEs, has launched three new tools to make life easier for managers and small business ow...
Jan 12, 2005	Griffiths launches no-nonsense guides to small business	Griffiths launches no-nonsense guides to small business 12-01-2005 Two comprehensive new guides designed to help small and growing firms improve their chances of raising the right funding for their business have been launched by Nigel Griff...
May 10, 2004	New Government website will help firms save time and money	New Government website will help firms save time and money 10-05-2004 Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Patricia Hewitt, has unveiled the new, one-stop Business Link website. For the first time, an online service will provide free ...