Product portfolio

BSSP aims to simplify business support by reducing 3,000 schemes to 100 or less across England by 2010. The Government has categorised business support areas into 18 key product themes. These are:

1. Business Collaboration Networks
2. Business Creation
3. Business Expertise
4. Capital Investment Grants
5. Debt Finance
6. Export Credits Guarantee
7. Financial Awareness and Capability
8. Getting the most from foreign direct investment
9. Innovation Collaborations
10. Innovation Finance
11. Investigating new overseas markets
12. Local Community Business Coaching
13. Preparing to export
14. Protecting the Natural Environment
15. Resource Efficiency and Sustainable Waste Management
16. Risk Capital Targeted at the Equity Gap
17. Shared Business Support Environments
18. Skills Solutions for Business

In the North East region, these products have been grouped into six packages of activity:

• Starting Up
• Access to Finance
• Skills
• Operations and Efficiency
• Product Development
• Sales and Marketing Development