MAP Support available to businesses

Worksheet EC2: Business support
Q 1. What services are offered to businesses by local bank branches?
Q 2. Which of the following organisations have a presence in the town? 
Small Business Service 
Business Link
Chambers of Trade or Commerce 
Learning and Skills Council
Enterprise Agency
Local food network/partnership or farm advisory service 
(Worksheets EN2 Q15,16; EN3 Q5; also refer to land-based industries)
Q 3. How well used are business support agencies such as: 
Business Link Operator 
Business Links
Chambers of Trade or Commerce
Learning and Skills Council
Enterprise Agency
FRA/National Association of Farmers’ Markets
Q 4. 
a.What previous business support or initiatives have been available/been used?
b.What is the evidence of these initiatives proving successful? 
Q 5. If the town has a town centre manager, town centre forum or similar partnership organisation, who are they? 
If there is more than one town centre manager, town centre forum or similar partnership organisation find out if there is an overlap between their services/ remit.
(Worksheets EN2 Q11; EN3 Q1; S4 also refer to community involvement)
Q 6. What results have there been from any existing town centre management work?
You need to evaluate any results of monitoring and funding reviews, and also identify examples of good practice or ways in which activities could be extended.