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How to Start a Business in Barnsley

Free start-up resources and useful local contacts.

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How to Start a Business in Barnsley

Starting a business in Barnsley

If you are thinking about starting a business in Barnsley or would like to grow your existing business, we would love to help you.

Start Your Own Business in Barnsley contains resources and the information that will help give your venture the best chance of success. It also highlights organisations who offer friendly advice and the services that you are likely to need as a new startup or local business owner.

Grants | Networking groups | Business advice | Mentoring | Co-working spaces

Starting a business in Barnsley

Local help for startups

There is plenty of help for startups in Barnsley but where can it be found?

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Local partners

We are happy to promote anyone who is prepared to offer friendly support to local start-ups.

Our local partners have been kind enough to help us and are keen to help you too.

Free Startup Resources

Getting it right from the start can help to prevent problems later.

To help you with this we have created a vast selection of resources and they are all completely free!

FREE startup workshops

If you are thinking about starting a business, our FREE three-hour ONLINE workshop is definitely for you!

Open to everyone, our sole aim is to increase your chances of success. We do that by explaining:

The reality of running a business; the most common pitfalls and how to avoid them; which legal status is likely to be most suitable; funding, grants and managing your money; business planning and cashflow forecasting; finding and keeping customers.

Latest articles

You don't know what you don't know!

The prospect of starting a new business can be incredibly exciting but should be approached with care. You have probably heard scary stories about how many start-ups fail in the early stages. You can make sure that you are not one of them by learning as much as possible before you launch. Over the years, we have collected lots of articles which will show you what has worked well for other start-ups and the putfalls to avoid.

Free Startup Guide

Start Your Own Business in 2021

Download the 2024 edition of our Free Start Your Own Business guide

An interactive step-by-step guide which also includes all of the most important subjects covered in an easy-to-read way with links to useful online articles and relevant contacts.

The idea of starting your own business can be incredibly exciting and who can blame you for being tempted?

However, the sad truth is that far too many new enterprises fail in the early stages. Our aim is to make sure that you don't become one of them.

This guide explains the key start-up subjects in simple English.

There is also plenty of help available in the area and much of it is free - please do make the most of it.

Read more about what our Free guide contains and how you can download it.
Starting a business in Barnsley

Key Contacts in Barnsley

'You don't know what you don't know' is a phrase that is so applicable to starting a new business.

Barnsley is a great place for start-ups but your chances of success are dramatically improved if you make the most of the support that is available locally. Click on logos to visit their websites.

Property

PNV Lettings
Grade II Listed building located at 13 Regent Street Barnsley S70 2EG within 2 minutes walking distance of Car Parking, Bus & Train Interchange (Direct to Leeds, Wakefield, Huddersfield, Meadowhall & Sheffield), Town Hall, Banks, Solicitors, Estate Agents, Restaurants, Bars and Town Shopping Centre. Light, spacious meeting rooms from 15 per hour, £40 half day (morning/afternoon), £70 full day, no VAT Free wifi and refreshments available. Also Virtual Office service for £25 per month to use our address for your business address and all-inclusive long term office rentals from £325 per month Reception lobby, kitchen area, male & female toilets plus outdoor courtyard area. New for 2020! New Client Referral Scheme with unlimited cash payments (or vouchers) minimum 50% of first amount paid to us, ask for details!
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Funding

Commercial Finance Partnership
Access to Business Finance: Secured Loans, Unsecured Loans, Commercial Mortgage, Revolving Credit, Invoice Discounting, Recovery Loan Scheme. Asset finance: Hire Purchase, Leasing, New Purchase, Refinance, Capital Raising, Recovery Loan Scheme. With over 130 years of COMBINED EXPERIENCE, we have the know-how you need.
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Online Marketing

Lojix
We are a small digital marketing agency based in Barnsley helping small to medium sized local businesses with their online marketing strategies.
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Marketing

Cannon PR
Cannon PR are a results drive PR company, based in Rotherham and helping business throughout the UK
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Property

Allcott Associates LLP
RICS chartered surveyors providing Level 2 and Level 3 home building surveys in Barnsley and surrounding areas.
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Accountancy

Bookkeepers Direct
Bookkeepers Direct was set up to meet a need Yorkshire based business owners have for a quality bookkeeping solution at an affordable price. We understand that most business owners would prefer not to spend their precious time doing bookkeeping. We work to develop ways of making transaction processing simple, timely and affordable for you and your business. We drive value for our clients by combining technology and people to give businesses a full range of bookkeeping services in a very straightforward and efficient manner. A typical business requires just five hours a month or two hours a week depending on the size of the business and we can work onsite or from our own offices.
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Networking

The Lonely Middle Club - From Startup Hive
Starting a business is exciting, and succeeding is rewarding, but what about the bit between? You know, that bit that’s full of self-doubt, endless repetition and feelings of being out of your comfort zone? We call it ‘The Lonely Middle’ and it’s one of the hardest parts of creating a successful business. We know, we’ve been there. So, we created The Lonely Middle Club to help you through it. Each month you get exclusive content to help give you the knowledge and inspiration to succeed. Plus, you get access to a private members-only Facebook group where you can get advice and network with small business owners who are going through similar challenges to you. If you want even more, you can download our 51 worksheets, guides, and journals all designed to do one thing, and one thing only… help you get through ‘The Lonely Middle’ and achieve your business goals. Visit our website today to join the club and benefit from our members price lock and full no questions asked money-back guarantee.
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Advice

Sheffield LEP (Local Enterprise Partnership)
The LEP is based on a relationship between the public and private sector and a strong commitment to work together to ensure the growth of a rebalanced local economy. The LEP is led by the private sector and aims to contribute significantly to the renewal of the national economy as a whole. It works across a geographical area that reflects the economic reality, incorporating parts of North Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire and surrounding areas that are important to the Sheffield City Region economy. The LEP Board provides strategic economic leadership and direction to efforts to grow the economy.
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Advice

Leeds City Region LEP (Local Enterprise Partnership)
Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership builds on pre-existing city-region arrangements and proposes to take on further responsibilities for strategy, funding, investment, planning and commissioning of economic development and regeneration activities.
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Advice

Finance For Enterprise
Finance For Enterprise is a not for profit company limited by guarantee, established over 25 years providing loan funding and advice to new start, early stage and established businesses across South Yorkshire and North Midlands. Providing an alternative source of loan finance for businesses unable to access mainstream funds. Loans up to £100,000 can be used for working capital or to support growth and development projects. A registered lender under the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme.
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Directories

Barnsley & Rotherham Chamber of Commerce
The regions leading business organisation bringing business together and representing the interest of all business across the region. Providing a wealth of information, advice and guidance for all those with entrepreneurial spirit.
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Marketing

awesome.
We are a branding & digital agency in Barnsley with affordable packages for new businesses and startups. Our packages start at £70 per month and include a responsive website, custom logo design, social media toolkit.
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Bookkeeping

EPC Bookkppeing
I am Nicky a qualified bookkeeper based in Barnsley. I am licensed and regulated by the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers. I offer a personal bookkeeping and payroll service to small business and support to new business start-ups giving you time to focus on other business matters.
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Start-up articles

100's of free startup articles

We have created a collection of 100s of startup articles to help anyone with whatever stage they are on with their business journey. Hundreds of thousands of people have gone before you and we can learn from what they got right and avoid the things that have been proved not to work so well.

You can see the full list of 'articles' at: How to start a business