Lloyds Bank and the Bank of Scotland Social Entprepreneurs Programme gives social entrepreneurs the best possible chance of success by providing access to support and funding.

Tthe Lloyds Bank Social Entrepreneurs Programme has supported 1,350 social entrepreneurs in the first five years of the programme.

There are three courses on offer, Start up, Trade up and Scale up.

• Start up - the project is in the planning stages but ready to start, or less than two years old. It makes £0 - £15,000 a year. 
• Trade up - The project has been running for at least a year and makes at least £15,000 a year.
• Scale up - the project was probably established two or more years ago, and probably has two or more paid members of staff.  It makes at least £75,000 a year (no upper limit).

For more information please go to the SSE website.

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business is an investment to help entrepreneurs create jobs and economic opportunity by providing greater access to education, captial and business support services. 10,000 Small Businesses is funded by Goldman Sachs and the Goldman Sachs Foundation.

For further information please go to the Goldman Sachs UK website.

Starting a business is one of the most exciting and challenging things you can do. But, with so much to think about, many people just don’t know where to start. Informi have put together a step by step action plan to help you get your business up and running in 20 days, along with a free ebook to refer to along the way.

For more information, visit the Informi website here