The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) today announced plans to launch a ‘Business Start-up Pack’, a bundle of services designed to support small and growing businesses.
The pack, launched with the BCC’s ‘Accredited Chamber Network’, offers products and services developed by the organisation in conjunction with a number of its commercial partners.
John Dunsmure, managing director of the BCC, said he launched the pack because frustration about the high number of start-up failures led him to ‘do something radical’ to help.
“Encouraging entrepreneurship is high on everyone’s agenda but it isn’t enough – you have to match that commitment with practical support for start-up businesses in their critical first few years.
“I believe it is time for all the pro-enterprise talk to be matched by action. I meet with businesses up and down the country all the time. Everywhere I went the story was the same - cash strapped new firms were spending too much money they could ill afford, on things they did not need, or buying the wrong equipment,” he said.
“There was no spare cash and when the going got tough so many had to fold. It’s heart breaking to witness this, especially when so many had such great potential. I was certain we had to act then, but with the economy taking a turn for the worse it was crucial we moved quickly.”
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