Guide to Business Resilience

It’s a tough time to be running or starting a business.

To help make things a little easier we’ve created the Start Up Loans Guide to Business Resilience.

It’s full of tips on energy efficiency, dealing with late payments, and accessing finance guidance to support your business, whatever the future holds.

Inside you’ll find practical and actionable guidance for start-ups on what you can do to reduce costs, boost profitability, and increase the resilience of your business.

Other topics covered in the guide include:

  • financial planning and resilience
  • funding options and guidance
  • focusing on customers
  • energy use solutions
  • building your supply chain
  • making the best use of technology
  • recruiting and supporting staff
  • mental health and wellbeing.

Guide to business resilience - download

  • Offering practical tips on how your business can respond to recession
  • Making your business energy efficient
  • Late payments and how to combat them
  • Accessing finance as a response to the cost of living crisis
  • Supply chain pressures and solutions
Download (.pdf, 855.38kb) Guide to business resilience (Opens in new window)

Our other free guides

The essential guide to starting a business - download

  • Conducting market research on customers and competitors
  • Choosing a company structure
  • Figuring out your insurance and tax requirements
  • Developing your business strategy and sales forecast
  • Writing your business plan
Download (.pdf, 1.64mb) Essential guide to starting a business (Opens in new window)

Making business finance work for you - download

  • Designed to help businesses know what type of finance is right for them
  • Discover the types of finance you can use to start a business
  • Learn how finance can support your business growth
  • Understand how to consolidate debt or purchase a major asset
  • Read chapters on working capital, importing/exporting, R&D and more
Download (.pdf, 2.28mb) making business finance work for you (Opens in new window)

Marketing Toolkit - download

  • How to research your target market and test your business idea
  • Creating a marketing plan and setting goals effectively
  • Building a business website and attracting online customers
  • Low-cost options for on and offline advertising, affiliate marketing and PR
  • Free and cheap ways to market your business on a shoestring budget
Download (.pdf, 3.13mb) Marketing toolkit (Opens in new window)

PR toolkit - download

  • Crafting effective press releases
  • Working with journalists
  • Engaging customers with social media
  • Maximising your website
Download (.pdf, 2.35mb) PR toolkit (Opens in new window)

Social Media toolkit - download

  • Choosing the right social media platforms for your business
  • Creating a social media strategy
  • Techniques you can use to save time and money
  • Using social media advertising to build your business
  • How to monitor competitors on social media
Download (.pdf, 1.28mb) Social media toolkit (Opens in new window)