Hi Chubb,That��s a difficult question to answer �C in short there are lots of resources available to encourage small entrepreneurial businesses, although the reality is that many of the Government��s initiatives to support these sorts of companies have not provided the support they promised.The Business Link Service provides a search tool to help identify the grants and support available for small businesses, from Government services to banks and charities. This can be found here: http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/gsdChoosePurpose?r.lc=enEntrepreneurs in the UK often find that private investment provides greater support, so it might be worth considering contacting local angel investors (wealthy people who might provide investment support for your business) an example of service helping entrepreneurs find investment is Angels Den: http://www.angelsden.co.uk/ I hope that helps!Steve
The govt. encourages entrepreneurialism in many ways. It allows tax breaks for money made through investments (while also using tax policy to discourage speculation). It has laws to keep businesses competitive, to prevent such things as monopolies, trusts, price-fixing, etc. There are many govt. offices that help businesses get started, that help export-import businesses, provide or guarantee loans for businesses. Investments in capital equipment can be depreciated for tax purposes several ways, to encourage capital investment. Interstate commerce is regulated to create a level playing field .At least that s the idea anyway. In our time, some corporations have been allowed to become bigger and more powerful than really should be allowed. Anti-trust legislation has not been enforced as it should be. Corporations and whole industries have been allowed to write their own regulations, and many very important regulations have been made optional or voluntary . Capitalism depends on a certain amount of govt. regulation, but our attitude today is that -any- regulation is bad.
The stark reality is that it doesn t. My experience is that it almost seems to do everything it can to prevent entrepreneurship happening at all.The main problem with the government s approach to dealing with business is that very few politicians have actually run a business and have no idea of the actual day to to day realities faced by businesses as most of them are career politicians detached from the real world.Sorry if this wasn t the text book answer you were looking for!
it doesn t cuz most people fail, but i hear it does give grants to small businesses that have a long established history
