Business information and advice

Business information service
We will help with any kind of business-related enquiry, whether you are:

  • a business
  • a voluntary organisation
  • self-employed
  • thinking of starting a business
  • a student

We will deal with simple and complex enquiries as quickly and efficiently as possible. These can cover a wide range of areas such as:

  • company information
  • legislation
  • marketing and exporting
  • European laws
  • products and suppliers
  • environmental issues
  • innovation
  • setting up in business
  • statistics and reports
  • information on particular types of business

It may even be possible for you to find the information yourself, as there are a wide range of sources available for you to use, eg:

  • online: the internet, CD roms, electronic databases etc.
  • library: books, directories, brochures, information sheets, leaflets, magazines, etc.


IT demonstration service
We can provide advice and hands-on demonstrations of various types of equipment, including:

  • video conferencing
  • internet access
  • networking
  • business software
  • document and image scanning
  • broadband telecommunications

If you are based on an island, you can make use of your local outreach centre to contact us and receive information.

We aim to provide the most accurate and up-to-date business information and technology services in a form and format that meets the needs of our customers. We aim to do this by:

  • answering all enquiries promptly and efficiently
  • providing an accurate, up-to-date and unbiased service
  • ensuring that our resources meet the needs of the local business and development communities
  • ensuring that we guide enquirers to the most appropriate source of advice if we cannot answer the query

More specific information can be found under 'our key services' - advice and information.