BDG Direct Ltd
BDG Direct Ltd is a specialist team working with partners around the world to help businesses evolve, nurture and flourish in the local, national and international marketplace. Acting as a role model for SMEs, it provides companies with dedicated support to help deliver proven services and business support tools. It is entrepreneurial and understands the needs of business in a commercial environment.
http://www.bdgdirect.co.uk
ACAS
ACAS provides assistance to parties seeking settlement of collective disputes on employment issues by way of conciliation, mediation or arbitration. ACAS can also assist in preventing and resolving problems at work by providing advisory mediation. Before providing assistance ACAS encourages parties to make full use of any agreed procedures they may have for negotiation and the settlement of disputes.
http://www.acas.org.uk/
BBC Birmingham Website
The BBC Birmingham website offers over 2,000 pages of local news, sport, weather, entertainment, features, travel and much more, all updated every single day. The site is advert free, easy to navigate and quick to download, and a useful source of reliable information for any local business or visiting business to Birmingham.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham
Better Together
Better Together is Birmingham's business charter for social responsibility. A vibrant city centre and flourishing neighbourhoods create an environment for successful businesses. Over 200 companies in Birmingham are helping to achieve this vision by committing to undertake activities offered on this website.
http://www.bettertogether.org.uk
Birmingham City Council
Birmingham City Council's website has over 8,000 pages full of information and on-line services. There's lots of local information too, including over 3,000 links to other Birmingham related sites.
Birmingham International Business Communications (BIBC)
Birmingham International Business Communications (BIBC) offers a range of services to help companies, public bodies and individuals communicate effectively in the world of international business. Whether you are a business professional wanting to learn French to facilitate your company’s operations in the European Market, or a Japanese manager seeking to improve your presentation skills and meeting techniques, BIBC will be able to provide a variety of options to meet your specific needs. Our training includes foreign language services, business English programmes and communication skills courses.
http://www.bibc.bham.ac.uk
BirminghamJobs.net
Birminghamjobs.net: Find jobs in all industry sectors across the Birmingham and West Midlands area.
http://www.birminghamjobs.net
Biz-TV
With the look and style of a television channel, Biz-tv is an exciting moving image platform providing news and information for and about business and commerce in the region. Funded by AWM, Biz-tv coverage is at no cost to the businesses feature or to those viewing the site.
http://www.biz-tv.net
British Chambers of Commerce
The British Chambers of Commerce is the national network of quality-accredited Chambers of Commerce, all positioned at the heart of every business community in the UK. The site provides information about the work of the British Chambers of Commerce.
http://www.britishchambers.org.uk/internet_home_page.htm
Business Advice Online
This Business Advice Online website is provided by the government's Small Business Service. The website provides guidance notes on regulations together by topic as an introductory guide to regulations affecting small businesses. The site contains comprehensive database of all government consultation documents and draft guidance that affect business. Also contained in the site is a pilot facility called the Small Business Start-Up Service (http://www.sbssonline.org/sbss). This is designed to give businesses an understanding of the regulations that are involved in setting up a business but which is customised to their own particular circumstances.
http://www.businesslink.gov.uk
Careers Partnership (UK)
Careers Partnership (UK) provides employers and private individuals with in-depth careers counselling and careers rescue services, executive coaching, personal effectiveness training and recruitment support
http://www.careers-partnership-uk.com/
Chamber Direct
Chamberdirect is the on-line directory of Birmingham Chamber members. It includes all the details you need to find a new supplier or potential partners and, in some cases, a link to their individual websites.
Creative Launchpad
A free service for people in the creative industries in the West Midlands.
http://www.creativelaunchpad.co.uk/
Euro Information Centres (EICs)
Euro Information Centres (EICs) provide local access to a range of specialist information and advisory services to help companies develop their business in Europe. This website provides information on the work of the EICs, latest news on European Parliament activity and details on the services available.
http://www.euro-info.org.uk/index_flash.html
Graduate Advantage
Bringing students, graduates and employers together for jobs, placements and careers advice.
http://www.graduateadvantage.co.uk/
HM Treasury
One of the aims of the Treasury is to raise the rate of sustainable growth and achieve rising prosperity through creating economic and employment opportunities for all. The site includes information on the government budgets, speeches by ministers and documents on current initiatives.
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/
IC Birmingham
Updated seven days a week with all the essential local news, business and sports stories breaking across Birmingham and the West Midlands. The site - operating in partnership with the Birmingham Mail, The Birmingham Post and Sunday Mercury - features a comprehensive free directory of city and regional businesses, an easy to use local job search and unbeatable classifieds section. icBirmingham has its own team of newsgatherers working with the editorial departments of its papers and carries a 24 hour national news and sport service.
http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/
Ideas Factory
Whether you want to be the next Cat Deeley, Pharrell Williams, Paul Smith, Philippe Starke, Damon Dash - or just crack freelancing and go it alone, the IDEASFACTORY Creative Week in Birmingham has what you need. Best of all, it's all free.
http://westmidlands.ideasfactory.com/careers/features/feature23.htm
Inland Revenue
If you are a new or small business or a new or small employer our network of Business Support Teams can help with all tax and National Insurance issues. They will talk you through how to keep good records, when to send in information, what you need to do to process your payroll and answer any questions that you may have regarding Tax and National Insurance. The Business Support Teams offer help in a variety of methods.
http://www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/bst
Learning and Skills Council
The Learning and Skills Council is responsible for funding and planning education and training for over 16-year-olds in England.
http://www.lsc.gov.uk/
Locate In Birmingham
With a complete overview of your requirements, Locate In Birmingham can provide a tailored package of information on property, human resource solutions and financial assistance for your investment project.
http://www.locatebirmingham.org.uk/
Market Maker
Market Maker - an exciting new service that supports a wide range of regional business sectors in their business technology and media needs. This unique project will reduce the costs and barriers to enhanced business communications, sales and marketing activity. Market Maker is available to SMEs across the West Midlands.
http://www.marketmakeronline.com
NEC Group
From the Spring Fair to AGMs; World Indoor Athletics to the largest textile exhibition in the world; from Take That to the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra – each year more than five million people visit The NEC Group. The NEC, which first opened its doors in 1976, has grown to be the busiest exhibition centre in Europe. With its position at the forefront of the international events industry, the group generates an estimated £1.3 billion in visitor expenditure each year.
http://www.necgroup.co.uk
West Midlands Chambers
The Confederation of West Midlands Chambers of Commerce brings together the following chambers Birmingham and Solihull, the Black Country, Coventry and Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire, North Staffordshire, Shropshire, and Southern Staffordshire.
http://www.westmidlandschambers.org/