Business advice

The council’s  Business Enterprise Centre (BEC) provides advice and support to new and emerging businesses. 

1. BEC offers pre-start businesses:

• A combined one day Introduction to Enterprise seminar, followed by a four day Business Planning course, plus opportunities to see a business adviser on a 1-to-1 basis to further develop your business plan. You will also be told about further specialist advice and sources of finance available either regionally or nationally
• Access to the New Entrepreneur Scholarship programme, a national  training initiative available only to residents of the 15% most deprived wards nationally. There are five eligible wards in Hammersmith & Fulham             

2. BEC offers existing businesses: 

• 1-to-1 advice and ongoing support through a fee-paying six month mentoring programme
• Specific media sector support and networking opportunities across West London, through Focus West and the Centre for Creative Business 
• Access to specialist mentoring support through the Business Volunteering Mentoring programme              

3. BEC offers women and minority ethnic business owners: 

• Access to a bespoke coaching programme, Surviving into the Mainstream, designed by BEC to improve survival rates. The programme, now available to eligible businesses in Hammersmith & Fulham, Brent and Ealing, combines coaching support, access to a learning bursary, residential weekends and ‘Seeing is Believing’ visits             

Visit our website at www.bectek.co.uk or email us at sbbec@lbhf.gov.uk