Yorkshire Powerhouse – providing quality
advice and free downloads for new-start
and SME businesses … the Yorkshire way!

Welcome to the Yorkshire Powerhouse website

Helping new start-up businesses launch

Here at the Yorkshire Powerhouse, we’re proud and delighted to work with new businesses and start-ups looking to take their first steps.

The key to launching a strong business is to ensure you’ve created a thorough business plan that actively helps you manage your early days and helps provide you with clarity for action.

In particular, view the support we provide you in the planning section which includes business, financial and marketing planning and please download the FREE planning template documents to help you on your path.

Helping SME businesses grow & develop

Once you’re running a business and being successful, if you’re doing things right, you should start to develop and grow because your customers love you!

Although this is highly desirable, it also comes with new challenges and we would strongly encourage you to plan for growth, carefully building up your business to enable you to employ staff, take on larger contracts and potentially start thinking about a future exit plan.

Remember that we’re here to help with lots of finance, growth and marketing articles and more FREE templated plans from our download library.

Working and referring quality partners

The Yorkshire Powerhouse project is not government funded – we depend on working with brilliant supporting businesses who would love to also offer you their support.

From accountants and solicitors to mentors and advisors, networking organisations to telecoms companies, insurers to funders … we all work together to bring the Powerhouse to you.

If you need any help then please just ask – collectively, we have thousands of high quality, trustworthy and capable contacts who we would be happy to introduce you to – just get in touch.

Yorkshire Powerhouse? Tell me more!

So, the whole concept behind the site is to provide small businesses and new-start entrepreneurs with genuinely high quality articles and useful download templates (business plans, cash flow forecasts, marketing plans, etc) ALL FOR FREE! We are funded by our advertisers, through memberships to our Digest subscription service and through the finance and lending we provide but the core purpose of the site is to genuinely help SME business.

We’re not claiming that we cover everything possible (although we’re working on it!) … if you think of something and simply can’t find it, let us know and we’ll look at getting it sorted. Our approach is fast, lean and dynamic – somewhat unlike normal support organisations so put us to the test!

Above all, we hope you enjoy your endeavours and are successful in your goals and visions. Yorkshire really can be the Powerhouse of the North!

FEATURED GUIDES

All guides

Guide:Are You an Entrepreneur?

Planning

Critical analysis of your personal attributes, experience, knowledge and skills will help you make your business a success Read >

Guide:Writing Your Business Plan