Business support

We work with Warwickshire County Council (WCC), other local councils, and third-part orgainsation in delivering support to businesses.

Warwickshire business start-up support programme

Aimed at businesses in their first 24 months of trading and individuals who have ambitions to start a business, this is a programme of one-to-one business coaching and workshops to provide the fundamental skills to start and grow a business. Delivered on behalf of WCC and the five District and Borough Councils by Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce.

Warwickshire business resilience and growth programme

Aimed at businesses over 24 months old to help improve their resilience and growth potential via a tailored package of support with access to appropriate advice and services to support growth plans.

This is delivered on behalf of WCC and the five District and Borough Councils by Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce.

Business Ready - Warwickshire high growth and innovation programme

This project will engage with businesses with ambitions for high growth and looking to innovate. It will target higher productivity that will contribute towards county-wide growth targets and create new highly skilled jobs. This programme offers access to specialist mentors, bespoke support and specialist workshops.

This is delivered on behalf of WCC and the five District and Borough Councils by University of Warwick Science Park.

Warwickshire manufacturing growth programme

Directly supporting manufacturing businesses across all sectors to grow by identifying, understanding and removing their barriers to growth to support the creation of new jobs through improved productivity, and competitiveness. A programme of one to one support from specialist manufacturing advisors, digital diagnostic tool, workshops and cohort-based small courses.

This is delivered on behalf of WCC and the five District and Borough Councils by Oxford Innovation.

 Warwickshire business advice energy service

Helping to create a green, growing and sustainable economy across Warwickshire through promoting energy efficiency. An energy audit for each business will produce bespoke decarbonisation plans to identify greenhouse gas savings, leading to greater energy efficiency, lower energy bills and reduced carbon emissions. It is expected that the WBEAS will include a grant scheme to support businesses with the costs of low carbon adoption.

This is delivered on behalf of WCC and the five District and Borough Councils by Coventry City Council.

Project Warwickshire – visitor economy business support and the hospitality business support programme

A package of support for businesses in the tourism, leisure and hospitality sectors, offering specialist one-to-one business coaching, workshops, and networking including with larger businesses.

This is delivered on behalf of WCC and the five District and Borough Councils by Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce.

CW Growth Hub

The Growth Hub is a central support and brokerage organisation, working with businesses on a range of issues including skills, innovation, property, planning, access to finance and international trade.

The Coventry and Warwickshire Growth Hub offers a single gateway to navigating the best business support available, and are well established and have helped businesses to start, grow and flourish.

They will guide you through the six strands of business support available. 

The CW Growth Hub's team of experienced account managers have worked with a wide range of businesses to support growth, create jobs and increase turnover and profitably.

Find it in CW

Find it in CW is a new business opportunities website, exclusive to businesses in Coventry and Warwickshire, which:

  • facilitates access to supply chain opportunities
  • has functionality to find a local supplier
  • upload a contract or tender opportunity
  • gives access to procurement workshops, business support events and Meet-the-Buyer events for major infrastructure projects.

Visit the Find it in CW website and register your details for free.

Warwickshire County Council

Visit the county council website for business services and advice.

Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce

The Chamber’s Business Support Team offers a range of business services.

Federation of Small Businesses

The FSB offers its members a wide range of vital business services including advice, financial expertise, and support.

University of Warwick

Contact the University of Warwick for more information on the help available for employers.

Jobcentre Plus (JCP)

Contact Jobcentre Plus who can provide support with your individual staffing issues and access to a Rapid Response service for businesses making redundancies.

Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS)

ACAS provides advice and guidance on all legal issues connected to business restructuring, alternatives to redundancy or the legislation regarding making redundancies, ensuring the principles of good practice are applied to the way all staff are treated.

GOV.UK

Advice and services are available online the GOV.UK website. Support is focussed on helping businesses to start up, develop and grow.

Coventry and Warwickshire First

Coventry and Warwickshire First is a local forum for bringing together professional and financial service providers, to raise the profile of the area.