COMPANY PROFILE

BETR is a UK accredited business support agency, with over 15 years experience in the delivery of business and enterprise support in the UK, and of recent West Africa.

Founded in 1993 BETR has delivered numerous social and economic regeneration projects in the United Kingdom funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) European Social Fund (ESF) Single Regeneration Budget (SRB) Learning and Skills Council (LSC) and a number of other funding organizations.
All our business advisers are SFEDI accredited and we are affiliated to the main UK Enterprise Support Associations. Please visit our Projects page for details of enterprise support projects we have delivered.

Businesses Assisted

Over 15 years we have assisted over 700 businesses to start up, and over 950 existing businesses to improve performance through our workshops, seminars and one-to-one advice sessions ranging from strategic management to export promotion.

Learning and Skills

We have also delivered many learning and skills training programmes and workshops with over 4000 participants. These programmes range from assisting the unemployed to working with high growth companies to increase turnover.

Success Stories

• A young couple that started out with the Princes Trust (Prince Charles Trust Fund) in 1998 now has a turnover over £500,000 in the IT sector.
  
• A sound engineer/music producer client has been involved as a producer of the Coldplay ‘Viva la Vida’ million selling Grammy Award winning album 2009

• An online womens magazine and an online music distribution company continue to expand their audience and client base in this ever changing marketplace due to our ongoing support

• A health orientated company has recently set up a charitable arm to their operations after support for the last 7 years. Their turnover is around £1m with franchises in Europe and Africa

Ethnic Minority Business

Through special initiatives such as the Enterprise and Small Business Project and Global Business Support Project BETR has assisted many clients of ethnic minority origin into business and supported existing local businesses to improve turnover. We have also researched and delivered new innovative grassroot programmes for low income and disadvantaged areas such as CBED (Community based Economic Development) and the Enterprise and Leadership Programme

Enterprise Research

We have carried out research for the University of Liverpool into ‘Enterprise Support Initiatves for the Creative Industries on Merseyside’ and designed a music business module for Liverpool John Moores University, School of Media, Critical and Creative Arts. We continue to partner with the academic sector to explore opportunities to deliver better quality business support initiatives.

Creative Industries support

BETR is currently assisting new graduates from Universities in Liverpool into self-employment on the Enterprise Fellowship Programme. BETR works closely with creative arts development agencies in the UK as consultants and advisers to the industries of: broadcasting, multimedia, music, film, photography, design, publishing, performing arts, designer fashion, and advertising. Please visit our Creative Industries page for more details

BETR is an equal opportunities organisation, and we ensure that no employee, applicant or client receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, marital status, disability, race, religion, spent convictions, sexual orientation or HIV status.

We are committed to running a successful business that contributes positively to the wider community

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