You can request business advice from the Council - such as, funding, growing or setting up your business - by completing the form below. You will be asked to provide some details about your business and the advice you want.
There are also a number of resources for local businesses. These include:
Start-up
- Hertfordshire Start-up Programme - offers 12 hours of free business start-up support, including workshops, training classes, access to grants, and one-to-one advice
- Ambition Broxbourne Business Centre - professional office space to rent in Hoddesdon with serviced meeting rooms, accommodation and parking
Grants
- Get Growing project - up to £3,000 (or 50% of the project) available for businesses in Hertfordshire through the Growth Hub
- the Manufacturing Growth Programme (MGP) - up to £3,500 available to SME manufacturers to fund consultants that specialise in growing businesses
- low carbon workspaces grants - between £1,000 and £5,000 available to SMEs to install more energy efficient heating, lighting and equipment
- access to work funding: support for businesses that need to adapt work equipment for disabled workers
Support
- Hertfordshire Growth Hub - aimed at established SMEs in Hertfordshire with growth plans
- Hertfordshire Federation of Small Business - promotes and protects SME interests
- Better Business For All - helps businesses understand regulations and connects them to specific local authority teams using the Talk to Reg tool
- Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce - promotes the long-term growth of businesses across Hertfordshire
- Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership - multi-organisation group putting businesses at the heart of economic development in the county
- Job Share and Kickstart - two work schemes helping residents and businesses tackle unemployment as a result of COVID-19
- Herts Low Carbon Innovation Network - supports SMEs with products or services that could lower carbon emissions