Join Start and Grow Enterprise

Thank you for starting your journey with us! Start and Grow Enterprise is a fantastic project supporting entrepreneurs and start-up businesses in Gloucestershire. We can support anyone with a business idea, and existing start-ups trading up to 3 years. The project offers free training, events, networks and resources, plus access to mentoring, co-working space, and the opportunity to apply for funding.

Please complete this form to access free business support. This form ensures that you meet the eligibility criteria that applies to ERDF funded projects, and helps us to provide the support that's right for you.

In order to access support, you must be:

- Gloucestershire-based
- Pre-start or trading less than 3 years

This form will take between 5-15 minutes to complete, depending on the details you need to provide...

- If you're a sole trader we'll need your Unique Taxpayer Reference (UTR) number and a supporting HMRC document.
- If you have a registered company we'll need your company details.
- If you haven't yet got started, all we need to know is your idea!

We're here to help, and so if you have any queries about completing this form please get in touch.

Start and Grow Enterprise is a University of Gloucestershire project, with funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), and will run until December 2019. We are based at The Growth Hub, Oxstalls Campus in Gloucester.

By registering your business with Companies House or with HMRC as self-employed you will be able to access more support from Start and Grow Enterprise. This includes the chance to apply for an £1000 Enterprise Voucher to help you grow your business.

Please complete this section if you are registered with HMRC as a self-employed Sole Trader.

Please complete this section if you are the owner of a registered company. The following questions allow us to know whether you meet the definitions of a small to medium sized enterprise (SME).

To confirm that you are able to participate in this service, you must declare that the amount of aid from any public source received by your company does not amount to more than 200,000 euros over the last three years when included with the value of this service.

Please note that due to the nature of European funding we are required to provide sufficient evidence to the funding body in order to show how we have supported you.