If you are thinking about starting a business in Ilkeston or would like to grow your existing business, we would love to help you.
Start Your Own Business in Ilkeston 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.
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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.
Strive Business Solutions offers a wide range of business support services to SMEs throughout the Midlands and beyond, including bookkeeping & accounting, business consultancy, IT support and digital services including website design & digital marketing.
We know first hand the trials and tribulations SMEs face when juggling so many areas of business, and that’s why we’re on hand to help – as much or as little as you need!
Whether you’re just starting out, or you’re an established business, we can help take some of the pressure off, or help you to grow by outsourcing some of the tasks that take up your time – or building you a new website.
Our goal is to make all our offerings as transparent and affordable for businesses of all sizes. We focus on finding efficient solutions across all of our services, so we have worked on creating partner relationships with a wide range of services providers to give you everything you need – from the best accounting softwares & auto-entry apps, to business bank accounts and business insurance.
We are fully complaint and monitored externally for GDPR and are regulated by the IAB for Anti-Money Laundering & Counter Terrorist Financing. Alongside this we are certified in, and partners with Sage Accounting, QuickBooks and Xero. We are also partners with Starling Bank for business banking, and Edison Ives for business insurance – and we’re members of the East Midlands Chamber of Commerce, Erewash Partnership & The FSB.
Our accounting staff are AAT qualified, and we work on continuous development across all of our sectors, ensuring we are up to date with all current legislation and processes.
We also offer comprehensive packages for start-ups, that can include as many or as few of our services as you need, tailored to you!
For more information on any of our services please get in touch on 0333 335 5137 or enquiries@strivebusinesssolutions.co.uk
0333 335 5137
We are happy to promote anyone who is prepared to offer friendly support to local start-ups.
Our local partners have been kind enough to help us and are keen to help you too.
Getting it right from the start can help to prevent problems later.
To help you with this we have created a vast selection of resources and they are all completely free!
There is plenty of help for startups in Ilkeston but where can it be found?
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You don't know what you don't know!
The prospect of starting a new business can be incredibly exciting but should be approached with care. You have probably heard scary stories about how many start-ups fail in the early stages. You can make sure that you are not one of them by learning as much as possible before you launch. Over the years, we have collected lots of articles which will show you what has worked well for other start-ups and the putfalls to avoid.
'You don't know what you don't know' is a phrase that is so applicable to starting a new business.
Ilkeston 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.
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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
Being self-employed or running a business does not suit everyone.
Will my business idea work? That is the million dollar question!
Finding where to start is sometimes the hardest part.
So you’ve got an idea, it seems foolproof.
Options if you need to raise money to start your business.
How to find, win, and keep paying customers - the key to business success!
How to make the most of the web. Websites, SEO, and Social Media.
Learn from and avoid the pitfalls that other start-ups have encountered.
All of our useful FREE resources for new business start-ups in one place.
This FREE start-up pack contains everything that you need to get you started.
Our FREE downloadable guides are packed with the information that you need to start and grow a your business.
