Business Support for e-Commerce in the Information Age Richard D Kneller

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Business Support for e-Commerce in the
Information AgeRichard D Kneller

• Seamless, Easily Accessible Support for Business

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Lots of Help from ..

• Department of Trade Industry
• UK Online for Business
• Business Link SBS
• Chambers of Commerce

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UK Online for Business

• Centres in Cambridge, Luton, Chelmsford, St.
  Albans, Ipswich and Norwich
• Impartial advice
• Seminars Workshops

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Funding

• Essex 500,000 over two years Public and
  Private
• Advisors, Infrastructure, Websites
• Networks for Professionals

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How do I get help?

• Dont give up!
• Contact your local UKOnline Centre
• Use the web

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Who does what?

• UKOnline Get SMEs on line
• Business Links PBAs Classical Support (Finance,
  Marketing etc)
• SpecialistsInnovation (Roger Goetze) Design, ICT
  etc.

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High Growth Start-Ups

• New this year
• Business Links
• Close support and Mentoring

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Business Angels

• Peter Cochranes 1Billion Conference
• Vulture Capitalists and Business Angels

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Clusters .

• EMMA East of England Multimedia Alliance
• Cambridge Network
• E-Biz, Entrenets

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Knowledge

• Hands on the Internet
• Traffic Plus
• Subsidised

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Case Studies

• Highstreetcentral.com
• Thank you for bringing us such an informative,
  inspiring and exciting talk by Robert Brady. I
  assure you again, that I would have gladly paid
  for yesterday!
• Mansfield Motors

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Grants at al

• EeCC Loan Park
• LPF Vouchers
• E-SME Scheme
• DCS

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Access

• www.UKonlineforbusiness.gov.uk
• www.BusinessLink.co.uk/links
• www. ITBestPractice.org.uk

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Thank you