Whether you’re starting out, growing or well established, members of our economic development and regeneration team are here to help with free advice on many aspects of running a business in Tamworth, including how to get started, grant funding, training and skills, planning, licenses and more.
Support and funding for start-ups
Starting a business can be both exciting and challenging. There’s lots of useful information about starting a business and writing a business plan on the government website.
In addition, there are various organisations in Tamworth, Staffordshire and the West Midlands which offer support and grants for new businesses.
For example:
- The Stoke-on-Trent & Staffordshire Growth Hub starting in business information pages
- Help from the Prince’s Trust for 18-to-30-year-olds starting a business
- Free advice, mentoring and support from the Staffordshire Chambers start up programme
- Funded advice and services for businesses aged 0-5, including logos, website, planning and digital marketing campaigns, as part of Get Started and Grow
- Staffordshire County Council start-up loans of up to £5,000 for new and young businesses with 0% interest
Support and funding for growing businesses
There are also various schemes that more established businesses might be able to take advantage of.
This includes things like mentoring programmes, sector specific training and development, help with recruitment, upskilling and accessing new markets.
You can read about these on our business support schemes page.
More information for businesses
There are many other things to consider when setting up or growing a business. Please visit the links below for more areas that Tamworth Borough Council can support with, and if there’s anything else you need, get in touch with our team and we’ll help if we can.
Tel: 01827 709709
Email: Business@tamworth.gov.uk
Other useful links