Advice and Information

Advice and assistance to help you think about, plan and start a business.

To find comprehensive and practical business advice about setting up a business in Northern Ireland we recommend you start with a visit to nibusinessinfo.co.uk/startingup. You’ll find there the answers to all your business questions as well as answers to questions you haven’t even thought of yet.  And there’s lots of links to other sources of support and information.

Then speak to us. We can offer you:

• one-to-one start-up advice
• support to write a business plan
• advice on sources of finance for business and programmes run by other organisations
• mentoring in a range of business areas

If you’re setting up a social enterprise we can help you refine your idea, and provide advice and aftercare during your first year of trading.

We also offer financial incentives to individuals who live in areas of greatest need and amongst those people currently under-represented in the business population, to start new businesses.

And it’s all free.

Your next step

To find out more about how Invest NI can help you, please fill in our short enquiry form or call us on 0800 181 4422. Alternatively you can visit the Go for It website for tailored advice and support to help you start your own business or ring the Go for It helpline 0800 027 0639.