External business support

Details of organisations who may be able to provide support to your business.

Pre-start and up to one year of trading

The Start-Up Surrey Programme delivered by the IncuHive Group is available to all start-ups and businesses in their first year of trading across Surrey. There’s no cost to taking part. Topics include:

  • Guidance on access to funding and grant
  • Finance, bookkeeping, cash flow and tax planning support
  • Marketing, social media, branding, and digital presence
  • Growth strategy, business planning, and sustainability

One year plus trading

Delivered through Business Surrey, businesses across Surrey can access support to enable their business to grow and develop. Topics include:

  • Access to Funding​​
  • Talent, recruitment and apprenticeships​​
  • Marketing, promotion and sales​​
  • Premises or relocating to Surrey​​
  • Starting a business​​
  • Sustainability and net zero​​
  • Innovation and technology​​
  • Leadership, management and transformation​​
  • Export and import​​
  • Legal and regulatory support​

Support for manufacturing business 

The Made Smarter Adoption South East programme connects manufacturing SMEs, makers and creators to industrial digital technologies that can transform the way they work. 

Government business support services

The Government’s business support service ​ include:

  • Support to start a business
  • Running an degrowing a business
  • Selling overseas
  • Investing and expanding in the UK
  • HR
  • Health and Safety
  • Grants and Loans

Enterprise Nation

Enterprise Nation is a community of small businesses and advisers that shortcut your route to trusted business support. They offer free online training, networking and support. 

Help to Grow

UK Government has launched Help to Grow: Management Essentials, an online training course filled with practical advice and resources for small business leaders.

The free short course is an introductory version of the full Help to Grow: Management course to reach even more small businesses.

Further information

If we’ve missed your business support organisation please let: property@surreyheath.gov.uk to be added.