Business and enterprise

GOV.UK is the central starting point for UK government information and public services.

Business.gov.uk provides official guidance, services and contacts for starting, running and growing a UK business.

Companies House provides the official UK company register and related company-information services.

Business Gateway provides publicly funded business support in Scotland.

Business Wales provides information, guidance and support for businesses in Wales.

nibusinessinfo.co.uk provides practical information for businesses in Northern Ireland.

The British Business Bank is a UK government-owned economic development bank supporting access to finance for smaller businesses.

Find Business Support brings Scotland's public-sector business-support information together.

The Federation of Small Businesses is a membership organisation for small businesses and the self-employed.

Invest Northern Ireland is Northern Ireland's economic development agency.

UK Export Finance provides government-backed export finance and insurance support.

The British Chambers of Commerce connects businesses through its chamber network.

ACCA is an international professional body for accountants.

ICAEW is a professional membership body for chartered accountants.

Start Up Loans provides information about its government-backed business-loan programme and associated support.

Innovate UK is the UK's national innovation agency, part of UK Research and Innovation.

Scottish Enterprise is a business and economic-development agency in Scotland.

Highlands and Islands Enterprise is the economic and community-development agency for the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.

South of Scotland Enterprise supports businesses and enterprising communities in Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders.

The Development Bank of Wales provides business finance for companies in Wales.

Find a grant is an official service for discovering government grant opportunities.

UK Research and Innovation brings together UK research and innovation funding and related activities.

Find a Tender publishes information about UK public-sector procurements and contracts.

Public Contracts Scotland is a portal for Scottish public-sector procurement information.

Sell2Wales provides information about public-sector purchasing opportunities in Wales.

eTendersNI is a procurement portal used for Northern Ireland public purchasing.

HM Revenue & Customs is the UK's tax, payments and customs authority.

Royal Mail's website provides information about its UK postal services and related customer tools.

DHL's UK website provides information about shipping and logistics services.

Shopify provides tools for building and operating a commerce business across online and supported in-person channels.

Stripe provides payment and financial-infrastructure products for businesses and developers.

GoCardless provides payment services for businesses.

The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade is the current UK government department for business growth, investment, innovati

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a UK government department concerned with the environment, food, farming and rural

The Food Standards Agency is a public body responsible for food safety and hygiene in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Food Standards Scotland is Scotland's public-sector food body.

Zoom provides video meeting and related communication tools.

Xero is cloud-based accounting software designed to help businesses manage financial records and collaborate with accountants or bookkeepers

FreeAgent provides accounting software aimed at small businesses.

Sage's UK website provides information about business software and related services.

QuickBooks provides accounting and financial-management software for businesses.

Canva is a visual creation platform for designs, presentations and other communication material.

Notion provides a workspace for notes, documents and shared information.

DocuSign provides electronic-signature and agreement-management products.

Asana is a work management service for organising projects and team tasks.

Trello organizes work through boards and to-dos, alongside an Inbox for capturing incoming items and a Planner for scheduling attention.

monday.com provides tools for organising work, projects and business processes.

Airtable combines collaborative tables with tools for organising information and workflows.

ClickUp provides a workspace for tasks, projects and related team information.

FreshBooks provides accounting and invoicing tools for small businesses and independent professionals.

Square provides commerce tools for businesses, including payment acceptance, point-of-sale products, online selling, and related operational

Mailchimp provides email marketing and related customer communication tools.

HubSpot connects customer data with marketing, sales, and customer-service tools.