You may find the business support organisations and network groups listed below useful. If you know of any other groups that should be listed please let us know.
To help local businesses in the Chichester District with issues like the availability of business premises, preliminary planning advice, access to grants and funding for development together with signposting to business support and advice agencies.
Contact: Zuzana Millson on 01243 534669
Web: www.chichester.gov.uk
The chamber helps promote and protect the economic prosperity of their members by representing their views with local and national bodies. It enables members to meet and exchange ideas and information thereby benefitting their own businesses. The Chamber organises events to attract business and tourism to the city.
Contact: Julie Harrison 01243 531765
Web: www.chichestercci.org.uk
To support businesses and provide them start-up advice, courses as well as one to one advice and mentoring services.
Contact: 0845 67 888 67
Web: www.startupco.co.uk
A non party-political campaigning pressure group that exists to promote and protect the interests of all who own and/or manage their own business.
Contact: Barry Chambers 01243 268828
Email: fsb150@fsbdial.co.uk
Web: www.fsb.org.uk/regional system
Weekly breakfast meetings. Several groups around West Sussex and Hampshire.
Contact: Shirley Barnes 01243 537222
Email: info@thebusinessinterchange.co.uk
Web: www.thebusinessinterchange.co.uk
Meets once a month at the Lamb, Pagham.
Contact: Linda Baxter 01243 821230
Email: linda.baxter@tiscali.co.uk
Meet monthly – informal organisation offering advice and introduction to members/associate members, a web site for members, newsletters and seminars. Also networking and social events are high on the agenda.
Contact: Diana Horner 01273 685267
Email: info@theswangroup.co.uk
Web: www.theswangroup.co.uk
Weekly breakfast meetings. Several groups around West Sussex and Hampshire.
Contact: Andrew Hall 01435 883959
Email: andrew@bni.com
Web: www.bni.com
Various groups across the area:
Southampton Ecademy – contact Jim Tuffin at: ecademybs@biztime.co.uk. Meets the first Tuesday of each month at The Duke of Wellington, 36 Bugle Street, Southampton SO14 2AH, from 7.30pm.
Petersfield Ecademy Business Club, contact Martin Shepherdly at: ms@shepherdly.co.uk. Meets on the second Wednesday of each month, at ASK, 19 High Street, Petersfield, from 7.30. Chichester Ecademy has joined forces with Petersfield.
Fareham Ecademy, contact Amanda Edney at: amanda.edney@homestagers.co.uk. Meets second Monday of each month at Titchfield Mill (on the A27 east of Fareham) from noon to 2pm. Portsmouth Ecademy has joined forces with Fareham.
All are welcome.
Web: http://www.ecademy.com
For more info about Ecademy, please contact Nick Keith at: nick@keithnews.com