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PASTEL is pleased to be able to offer business support to other small and medium enterprises, particularly those from the third sector (voluntary and community groups, charities and especially social enterprises).

With a management team and associates, with over 30 years collectively in businesses ranging from small start-ups to global corporates, we offer specialist buiness support in:

  • Research / Monitoring / Evaluation
  • Business Planning
  • Project Management
  • Start-Ups / New Ventures
  • Business Development
  • Marketing
  • Internet / Interactive Websites / Online Multimedia

We come to you.

And, we come with a unique blend of experience and understanding of the private sector, the public sector and the third sector.

Business support can be offered through coaching, mentoring, training and consultancy.We are responsive, friendly, understanding, helpful and inexpensive.

Some of our support is delivered to Suffolk social enterprises free with third-party funding:

  •  PASTEL are approved by Business Link as part of their free eVoucher scheme for one to one advice to social enterprises who are in pre-start-up or start-up within the first year of operations- Business Link pay PASTEL via eVouchers which Business Link issue free to clients. For more information on free business advice from Business Link East, please visit: www.businesslink.gov.uk or tel: 08457 -171615. For any further clarification contact Peter Gatland on tel: 0845-641-9915.
  •  PASTEL are also approved and funded by Social Enterprise East of England to offer free micro-coaching to small/medium social enterprises on a range of business issues. For more information on micro-coaching, please visit: www.microcoaches.co.uk

Now you can get specialist business advice from an experienced local social enterprise. Who better to understand your market and aspirations? PASTEL are members of the Social Enterprise Network Suffolk (SENS). If you want to learn more about social enterprises - businesses with a social aim - or becoming one, please visit the SENS website: www.sens-suffolk.co.uk

To enquire costs nothing. Find out if we can help you! Please use the form on the contact page to provide a basic brief on your enterprise/idea and your requirements...