Useful Links for Businesses

 

 

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The Peacehaven & District Chamber of Commerce accepts no responsibilty for the content and upkeep of websites listed below.


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ADVICE

 

British Chambers of Commerce 

 

Business Link

 

East Sussex Enterprise Gateway    - formerly "Newhaven Enterprise Gateway"

 

East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service

 

Environmental Health

 

Sussex Enterprise

 

Sussex Police

 

Trading Standards

 

 


B

 

Better Payment Practice Group

 

 

 

 


C

 

COUNCILS

 

 

East Sussex County Council (Business) 

 

 

East Sussex County Council (Main) 

 

 

Lewes District Council (Business)

 

 

Lewes District Council (Main)

 

 

Peacehaven Town Council

 

 

Telscombe Town Council 

 

 

 

 

CONVERTERS

 

Financial Times Currency Converter

 

Unit Converter

  

 


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DIRECTORIES

 

192.com

 

BT (Businesses)

 

BT (Individuals)

 

East Sussex Information Service

 

Yellow Pages 

 

 


E

 


EMPLOYMENT ISSUES

 

acas

 

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

 

Environment Agency

 

 

EXPORTS

See International Trading

 

 


F

 

FRAUD & SCAM ALERTS

 

 

Bank Online Safely - Guidance and Up-to-Date Warnings

 

Millersmiles - dedicated anti-phishing and anti-scam site; report scam here.

 

Protect your Computer - Guidance from Microsoft

 

Sussex Police Fraud Alerts & Scams

 

Sussex Police Fraud Alert Bulletin

 

 

FUNDING & FUNDING ISSUES

 

Finance South East

 

Fredericks Foundation

 

Prime  (over 50s looking to start-up in business)

 

Princes Trust (under 25s)

 

Shell LiveWire (under 30s entrepreneurs)

 

Working Links (unemployed looking to establish themselves as self-employed)

 


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GOVERNMENT WEBSITES

 

Companies House

 

Data Protection - Information Commissioner 

 

Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (formerly the DTI)

 

Department of Children, Schools & Families

 

Office of Fair Trading

 

Department of Health

 

Department for Work & Pensions

 

Health & Safety Executive

 

Office for Public Sector Information - Formerly the HMSO,  plus extras

 

 


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HM Revenue & Customs

 

 


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IMPORTS

See International Trading

 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 

 

Copyright, Patents & Trademarks

 

INTERNATIONAL TRADING 

 

Simplifying International Trade

 

UK Trade & Investment

 

 


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JOURNALS

 

Better Business

 

Bizhot

 

Business Europe

 

Director Magazine 

 

Every Woman

 

New Business

 

Real Business

 

Start-Ups

 

 


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Local MEP 

 

Local MP

 

 

 


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MAPS

 

Google Earth

 

Mapquest

 

 

MARKET RESEARCH TOOLS 

 

Census 2001

 

East Sussex in Figures

 

Local Statistics - Brighton & Hove

 

Local Statistics - East Sussex

 

National Statistics Office

 

Official Labour Market Statistics

 

 


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National Minimum Wage Rates - From 1 October 2007

 

 

NEWS - BUSINESS SITES

 

BBC

 

Daily Telegraph

 

Financial Times

 

Guardian

 

ITN

 

Observer

 

Reuters

 

Sky

 

Times Online

 


O

 

 

OMBUDSMEN

 

British & Irish Ombudsman Association

 

 


P

 

  

PHISHING

see Fraud & Scam Alerts

 


Q

 

QUANGO website

 

 


R

 

 

READY RECKONERS

  

 

Statutory Holiday Entitlement

Statutory Redundancy Pay

 

 

RECRUITMENT

 

Jobcentre Plus

 

 

 


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STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING 

 

Apprenticeships

 

City College Brighton & Hove

 

Learn Direct

 

Learning & Skills Council 

 

Open University

 

Susex Downs College

 

Sussex University

 

University of Brighton

 

 


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Tax and National Insurance Rates & Allowances

 

 

TRAVE