Council services

Business - Start-Ups

All businesses in Southend, from the smallest to the largest, need support at some time.

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council's Enterprise and Innovation Team aims to direct you to specialists who can offer you the services you require, no matter what your size or status.

Our Skills Development role involves close liaison with local training providers, the Employment Service, the Chamber of Commerce, and Business Link for Essex. By keeping in close contact with these organisations we can be sure that we are keeping our fingers on the pulse, and providing a vital role which builds on and develops linkages leading to the economic success of all our companies.

If you want to start a business, move business premises or just want to know more about Southend to aid your decision then please visit our inward investment website - http://www.investinsouthend.co.uk/.

Business Link East

Business Link assists businesses in the UK to start, improve and grow. Provision of free access to relevant information, guidance, funding and training from the Government and the private sector.

Tel: 0845 717 16 15
Write: Business Link, Alexandra House, 36a Church Road, Great Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 7HY
Email: questions@businesslinkeast.org.uk
Web: www.businesslink.gov.uk/east