Starting Your Own Business

If you're thinking of starting your own business, East Sussex is the perfect place to start. You will be among people who think like you do, as approximately 21% of workers are self-employed in East Sussex compared with 13% in the South East region.

As well as a competitive cost base and a skilled workforce there is unrivalled business support available. There are two Local Enterprise Agencies in East Sussex: The Let's do Business Group covers the Hastings and Rother District area and EDEAL covers Eastbourne and Wealden. These Enterprise Agencies provide free or low cost advice, support and training whenever you need it.

Taking independent advice from an agency helps businesses survive – businesses taking advice are 20% more likely to survive 30 months than those that don’t ( Source: Clearlybusiness.com ).

The agencies have a team of professional advisors with both general and specialist expertise – so whatever your needs or business challenges, they will be able to help. We can also help you find support from other agencies. For information about these and details about programmes available, please Contact Us