Students/Graduates
Student & Graduate Support for Business Start-up

If you are a student or recent graduate (within the last 3 years) looking for funding and/ or advice contact:

Corina Edwards, Entrepreneurship Development Officer
School of Business and Economics
Room 37, Haldane Building
Swansea University

Email:  c.j.edwards@swansea.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 (0)1792 513709

Enterprise Skills Development

http://www.subiz.co.uk/ Swansea University/Students Union Business Club

http://www.sifeuk.org/ Students In Free Enterprise

www.studentinvestor.org Student Investor - online investment challenge

 http://www.flyingstart-ncge.com/ Flying Start - National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship

Business Support

General

http://www.venturewales.com/  Venture Wales Business Support

www.business-support-wales.gov.uk/ - Flexible Support for Business, a website from the Welsh Assembly Government that contains a wealth of information for Welsh businesses.

Business Centre Swansea - Business support service provided by the City & County of Swansea

http://www.ipo.gov.uk/home.htm Intellectual Property Office - official government body responsible for granting Intellectual Property rights in the UK.

http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/ Home Office UK Border Agency website.  Includes guidance on what you will need to do if you want to come to the UK to set up in business or under the European Community Association agreements, and what the Immigration Rules say.

Information

http://www.wales.gov.uk/ Welsh Assembly Government

http://www.bis.gov.uk/ Department for Business Innovation and Skills

http://www.wefo.wales.gov.uk/ Welsh European Funding Office

http://www.cliconline.co.uk National information and advice service for young people (11 - 25) in Wales

Finance

http://www.financewales.com/ Established by the Welsh Development Agency and the Welsh Assembly Government,Finance Wales encourages small and medium-sized businesses in Wales to realise their potential

http://www.j4b.co.uk/ Information on government grants for both business and voluntary groups

Aged 18-30

http://www.shell-livewire.org/ helps 16-30 year olds to start and develop their own business and hosts a national competition for new business startups.

Social/ Community Enterprise

http://www.sife-swansea.co.uk   Students in Free Enterprise 

http://www.walescoop.com/ The Wales Co-operative Centre is a leading agency developing the social economy of Wales.

http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/ The Prince's Trust - a UK charity helping young people to get their lives working

E-commerce

http://www.opportunitywales.co.uk/ Opportunity Wales helps businesses to grow through the use of eCommerce and the Internet.

ICT Sector

http://www.itwales.com/ IT Wales offers value added services to benefit business in Wales through improved links between industyr and Higher Education.

Tourism Sector

http://www.industry.visitwales.co.uk/ The Welsh Assembly Government's tourism team

International students

For internatioal students seeking advice as to what you can and cannot do under the terms of your stdent visa and after you have graduated. You can contact Swansea University International Office at:  email:  isas@swansea.ac.uk, tel:  +44 (0)1792 02243, website:  www.swan.ac.uk/international.

http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/ - Official British Government website for visa services
www.ukcisa.org.uk/ - UK Council for International Student Affairs
www.homeoffice.gov.uk - Home Office

International Trade

http://www.walestrade.com/ International Business Wales - helping businesses all over the world access the opportunities available in Wales

Business Networking

http://www.southwaleschamber.co.uk/contact_us.asp South Wales Chamber of Commerce

http://www.managers.org.uk/ The Chartered Management Institute

http://www.iod.com/ The Institute of Directors

http://www.fsb.org.uk/ Federation of Small Businesses