Support for businesses in Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

The Business Link service is available locally and provides the information, advice and support you need to start, maintain and to grow a business.

The Business Link service is a crucial part of the government's campaign to promote enterprise and to make the UK the best place in the world to start and grow a business. Business Link provides information and impartial advice to help customers make the most of their opportunities, whether starting a new business or developing an existing business.

There are several Business Link offices throughout Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight with teams of advisers and specialists who are able to help all types of small businesses either over the phone or in one-to-one meetings. They have the comprehensive understanding of business issues and all the contacts that are needed to grow a business.

The majority of our services are free and the advice is completely impartial. Advice and guidance is given on high-level strategic issues as well as specific areas including innovation, e-business and marketing. Whether it is advice or simply an impartial opinion that is needed, Business Link can help.

This service is brought to you by the South East England Development Agency (for Portsmouth, Southampton, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight) and the South West of England Regional Development Agency (for Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole).