Business Advice & Support | BBV

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BBV is a not for profit enterprise support agency committed to the success of your business. BBV provides advice, training, signposting and networking opportunities aimed at start ups, micro small and medium sized enterprises during the pre-start, start up and business growth phases.

In addition, BBV has a proven track record undertaking marketing research for firms of all sizes as well as for local authorities in a number of boroughs in West London.

Our services are specifically designed to add value to:


1. Individuals or groups looking to start their own business
2. Small to medium enterprises and micro businesses (up to 250 employees)

1. For Pre-start and Start Up Businesses:

  • 1:2:1 advice and counseling*
  • Support in raising finance
  • Information and signposting to other sources of support
  • Mentoring
  • Business Enterprise seminars
  • Business Start Up
  • Business Planning
  • Sales and Marketing
  • Principles of business finance
  • Virtual Office Service

2. For Existing Businesses:

  • Diagnostic to establish what support your business needs
  • Business consultancy to review and help improve performance
  • 1:2:1 support*
  • Business Planning for consolidation and expansion
  • Specialist advice on gaining new markets
  • Free mentoring

  • Support in raising finance.

*Please note 1:2:1 meetings are charged at a minimum of £25 + VAT per hour, with an initial booking of 2 hours being charged at £40 + VAT.  


BBV can provide practical support for established businesses through FREE business support programmes, designed specifically for SME's. To find out more click here


Contact Deryck Sealy on 020 3110 2376 or email DeryckSealy for more information on how BBV can help and support your business.

 

At BBV we strive to achieve excellence and take pride in delivering an exceptional service to our clients, so that they leave with more knowledge, information and expertise than when they arrived. Customer service is key, and we aim to make sure that our clients feel satisfied with the business advice, support and guidance we provide them with.

 

Testimonials

On average BBV see between 40-60 clients per month, whether they be pre-start clients or exisitng businesses. During one-to-one meetings it is paramount that clients feel that the adviser has provided first class support and at BBV we are continually analysing customer feedback to try and improve our service in the future. Below is just a flavour of comments from clients we have seen, that have had a positive experience:

 

"The advice was very informative and above my expectations"

"The adviser was extremely helpful in terms of his knowledge and providing answers to many of the questions I had''

"BBV helped me enormously with understanding the marketing and financial requirements in starting up my business. The adviser's knowledge and understanding of my business needs which has proved to be a great help in my business moving forward.'’

 

You can access graphical analysis of 1-2-1 advice by clicking on the documents below.

April Graphical Analysis.pdf

May Graphical Analysis.pdf


Since the start of the year, BBV on average, is running between 3-5 events per month. With that high level of customer facing in mind, BBV regularly evaluates the success of events and what could be improved if the same event is run again in the future. Below is just a flavour of comments from clients we have seen, that have had a positive experience:

 

'‘Easy to understand, overall, excellent’'


‘'Overall a very interesting workshop delivery with great experience and competence’'


'‘This was an excellent training session, thank you’'


'‘I hope we get to do more of these events more often as there's a lot of people who need these events'’


'‘Very useful information to gain understanding in starting a business’'


"Just Perfect"

 

"I was very pleased with the numbers attending, the venue and the general running of the event – all went extremely smoothly! Overall it was a very successful event and I’d like to thank all the guys at BBV for their hard work in organising the event and support on the night!" - Business Link

 

Click on the documents below for in-depth graphical analysis of a whole host of different workshops and events BBV has hosted since the beggining of 2010.

Communication Skills Event Analysis.pdf

Business Link training analysis.pdf