Services

The Go For It programme is run in association with our local council, Belfast City Council and provides individuals in Northern Ireland who wish to start a business with step by step advice and mentoring to produce their own business plan and to go on to register for self-employment. The programme is delivered free of charge by local councils in NI through Northern Ireland’s wide network of Enterprise Agencies’ highly experienced business advisors.

Business Advisors based here in Ormeau Business Park will assist you with developing a business plan. A business plan is a written document that describes your business. It covers objectives, strategies, sales, marketing and financial forecasts.

A business plan helps you to:

• clarify your business idea

• spot potential problems

• set out your goals

• measure your progress

• access finance to start and grow your business

Go For It is part funded by Invest Northern Ireland and the European Regional Development Fund under the Investment for Growth & Jobs Northern Ireland (2014 – 2020) Programme. 

Visit goforitni to find out more or call 0800 027 0639 to make an enquiry about joining the programme today.

Our representative organisation, Enterprise NI, is the Business Support Partner for Start Up Loans in Northern Ireland, part of the British Business Bank. 

A Start Up Loan is a personal loan for business purposes:

• Borrow £500 – £25,000 each, with a maximum of £100,000 available per business. (The average loan amount is £9,295)

• Fixed interest rate of 6% p.a.

• 1 – 5 year loan repayment term

• Free application support

• Free post-loan support and mentoring

• Free templates & guides

• No application or set-up fees

Eligibility

All applicants must:

• Be a current UK resident.

• Be 18 years of age or older.

• Be starting a new business or have been trading for up to 36 months.

• Have the right to work in the UK with their business based in the UK.

• Be unable to secure finance from other sources (self-declaration is ok)

• Type of business and reason for wanting the loan is eligible under the terms of the scheme.

• Pass Start Up Loans credit checks, and you can afford to repay the loan.

To find out more or apply for funding, click here: www.startuploans.co.uk/

Feel free to click on the hyperlink which helps explain the Start Up Loan offering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8rmhQPQNxU&t=9s