Welcome to Colleges for Business Norfolk

The Learning and Skills Council's remit is to make England better skilled and more competitive. It is responsible for planning and funding education and training for everyone in England other than those in universities.

This website has useful information from the LSC East of England, which covers not just Norfolk but also Bedfordshire and Luton, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Suffolk. Find out how the LSC plans to develop a responsive system of learning and skills provision that will meet the needs of learners, businesses and communities throughout the East of England, supporting the long term prosperity of our region.

Train to Gain is a national service, launched by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) to help businesses get the training they need to improve their productivity and competitiveness. Their website has details of the service within the East of England and will mainly be useful for skill and business support brokers engaged in helping businesses in the region to ensure their employees have the right skills to do their job. The website will also be of interest to employers seeking help with training for their workforce and to colleges and other training providers.

A useful source of information for finance and grants for businesses, taxes, employing people, health, safety, premises, sales and marketing, international trade, growing your business, regulations specific to your business area and more.

The Norfolk Chamber of Commerce and Industry creates opportunities and is the business voice for its members. Check this website regularly for local business news, events and more.

Shaping Norfolk's Future is a business-led partnership that works to create wealth and jobs for the people of Norfolk. This site explains how speaking with one voice on important issues, the partnership influences the investment of resources and coordinates action to strengthen the county's economy.

A specialist network for the construction industry in Norfolk. The objective is to help small and medium sized businesses in the construction industry to develop.

The UK's leading lobbying organisation for small businesses has plenty of news and information on its website relevant for small and medium businesses.

The website of the county's leading daily paper.