PASTEL, through its associated social enterprise "Suffolk Enterprise Business Support" (PASTEL director Don Tricker), 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.

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 .

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 FREE to Suffolk social enterprises with third-party funding:

•  Don Tricker is 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 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.

To enquire costs nothing. Find out if we can help you!

•  For more information and news on how you can receive one-to-one support at a location and time to suit you, and possibly at no cost to you, check out Suffolk Enterprise Business Support