Who you gonna call?

I was at the PSYBT Elevator event in Edinburgh at the end of October and it was really interesting, not that it isn't normally but last night the theme for the evening was 'talk to the experts'. They had 5 guests that we had 15 minutes to talk to each of them and ask any questions.

This got me thinking... i know i'm surprised too! When you set up a business, who should you call?

Now even though i'm 2 years in, this recent event with PSYBT made me realise that i still don't know the complete list of who's out there, but hopefully i can help a little with this.... (oh and these may be a little bias towards Scotland)

• Scottish Enterprise - http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/
  
• PSYBT - http://www.psybt.org.uk/
• British Chamber of Commerce - http://www.britishchambers.org.uk/
• Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce - http://www.edinburghchamber.co.uk/
• Cultural Enterprise Office - http://www.culturalenterpriseoffice.co.uk/website/
• Business Gateway - http://www.bgateway.com/
• Business Link (England) - http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/
• HM Revenue & Customs: Self Employed - http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/selfemployed/index.shtml

This is only a few but a great resource, these places will be able to help you source funding, networking, get advice on things like National Insurance, employers duties and more.

Check them out and let me know if you find any others that are of interest! :D