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How to Start a Business in Guernsey

Free start-up resources and useful local contacts.

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How to Start a Business in Guernsey

Starting a business in Guernsey

If you are thinking about starting a business in Guernsey or would like to grow your existing business, we would love to help you.

Start Your Own Business in Guernsey contains resources and the information that will help give your venture the best chance of success. It also highlights organisations who offer friendly advice and the services that you are likely to need as a new startup or local business owner.

Grants | Networking groups | Business advice | Mentoring | Co-working spaces

Starting a business in Guernsey

Local help for startups

There is plenty of help for startups in Guernsey but where can it be found?

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Local partners

We are happy to promote anyone who is prepared to offer friendly, honest, relevant support to local start-ups and existing businesses.

Our partners have been good enough to help us and are keen to help you too.

Free Startup Guide

Start Your Own Business in 2021

Download the 2026 edition of our Free Start Your Own Business guide

An interactive step-by-step guide which also includes all of the most important subjects covered in an easy-to-read way with links to useful online articles and relevant contacts.

The idea of starting your own business can be incredibly exciting and who can blame you for being tempted?

However, the sad truth is that far too many new enterprises fail in the early stages. Our aim is to make sure that you don't become one of them.

This guide explains the key start-up subjects in simple English.

There is also plenty of help available in the area and much of it is free - please do make the most of it.

Read more about what our Free guide contains and how you can download it.
Starting a business in Guernsey

Key Contacts in Guernsey

'You don't know what you don't know' is a phrase that is so applicable to starting a new business.

Guernsey is a great place for start-ups but your chances of success are dramatically improved if you make the most of the support that is available locally. Click on logos to visit their websites.

Co-Working

The Digital Greenhouse
Workspaces for freelancers, companies and conferences. The Digital Greenhouse is a hub for innovation and offers a range of memberships to suit your needs. Hot Desk Get full access to our coworking area, breakout spaces and kitchen facilities, with the freedom to drop in whenever works for you. Ideal for freelancers and entrepreneurs. Allocated Desk Choose a dedicated desk in our open-plan workspace, plus access to meeting rooms, breakout areas and kitchen facilities. Ideal for startups and entrepreneurs. Corporate Get access to programmes, promotion and more. Plus enable elected members of your team to work from our coworking area. Student (Free) Head into our coworking area during core business hours. Ideal for students in full time education who wish to use the Digital Greenhouse to work or study. Contact us: info@digitalgreenhouse.gg The Digital Greenhouse project is an initiative funded by the States of Guernsey
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Online Marketing

Guernsey Donkey SEO
We optimise Guernsey websites in order to rank high in the search engines. Being on page 1 is vital for a successful online business.
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Start-up articles

100's of free startup articles

We have created a collection of 100s of startup articles to help anyone with whatever stage they are on with their business journey. Hundreds of thousands of people have gone before you and we can learn from what they got right and avoid the things that have been proved not to work so well.

You can see the full list of 'articles' at: How to start a business