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Business, Employment and Economic Activity

Helping Suffolk’s Black Community achieve economic potential and business success

Inspire Innovate Invest

To inspire a new breed of entrepreneurs using entrepreneurship as a vehicle to drive social change and building economic sufficiency.

Business & Employment Support Programmes

Training, Mentoring, Guidance & Coaching Programmes designed to support you into Employment or to start your own Business.

Business Development

InBiz1000â„¢

Explore new opportunities through business coaching, mentoring support, guidance and help to start your own business.

Suffolk Black Community

Employment Support

ReStart

A range of employment support programmes to help you back into work or learn new skills for future jobs.

Entrepreneurship

TheBizKidzClubâ„¢

A Scholarship Programme Introducing Young People to Entrepreneurship and the world of business enterprising.

Research & Feedback

Business Survey

Share your experiences about starting your own business to help us better provide you with the support you need to start and successfully grow your business.

Suffolk Black Community

Employability Skills

Apprenticeships

Modern Apprenticeships Programmes and opportunities to build competency in employable skills.

Business and Economic Activity Survey

There is strong evidence that shows that entrepreneurs and business owners from Black & Mixed Black Heritage backgrounds are disproportionately disadvantaged when trying to access real and tangible help in their business’ journey.

 

This survey is crucial In helping us to understand and identify where the disparities exist and your responses will help us advocate for and address the inequalities where they exist.

Take The Survey

Business and Economic Activity Strategy Framework – Objective 2

To build capacity and harness opportunities to encourage economic activity by promoting and encouraging participation in entrepreneurship and business ownership among Black people.

The “Business” Directory will help catalog and raise the profile of Black businesses and support the promotion and marketing of Suffolk Black Entrepreneurs and Business owners with a focus on the local and regional market opportunities.

Benefits of joining the directory include;

    1. Free Business Training.
    2. One-to-One Business Strategy Coaching
    3. Access to Startup funding & Investment opportunities
    4. Access to local and regional grants programmes
    5. Masterclass Sessions
    6. Business “Q&A”Surgeries

We look forward to welcoming you and your business and working together to help you take your business to the next level.

Your Business, inclusion and Co-operation matters…

Please complete the form below to include your Business in the database.  Inclusion enables you to benefit from all the opportunities and support available to help you and your business grow. We hope to work together to create an equitable platform for all.

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1. About Your Heritage

Suffolk Black Community Forum

Working together to build an equitable future for all.

Join the conversation

Al meetings and discussions are held in an open forum. We invite views and perspectives from all members of the Black and Mixed Black Heritage Communities.

Business and Economic Activity Survey

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Why are we conducting the survey?

There is some evidence that shows entrepreneurs and business owners from Black & Mixed Black Heritage backgrounds are disproportionately disadvantaged when trying to access real and tangible help in their business’ journey.

Why your opinion matters?

As a business owner, founder or entrepreneur, this survey is crucial in helping us to understand and identify where the disparities exist.

What happens next?

The results of this survey will be analysed and where your responses highlight any inequalities, knowledge or skills gap, we will advocate for equality and where possible, create a pathway for you to access the relevant help in order to build or continue to grow your business successfully.

Thanks for participating
Suffolk Black Community

Employment Support

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1. About You

Suffolk Black Community

Modern Apprenticeships

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