Skills Jobs & Enterprise projects
Support available through BDE
See all our projects listed here in full.
Business Start-Up Programme
Barking & Dagenham Small Business Centre offers financial and other support, including business training and counselling for emerging entrepreneurs and micro-businesses.
Mark Kass
Tel: 020 8911 3735
Email: markk@bdsbc.org
Website: www.bdsbc.org
Championing Enterprise
BDE’s Enterprise Champion Paul Bishop works in the community to promote enterprise
Paul Bishop
Tel: 020 8724 8292
Email: paul.bishop@boldanddynamic.co.uk
Social Enterprise
Enterprise Cells are groupings of local businesspeople and agencies that, through Barking & Dagenham Council for Voluntary Service, offer practical support to entrepreneurially-minded individuals and community groups.
Farhad Mahmud
Enterprise Enabler
Tel: 020 8227 5436
Email: farhad.mahmud@bdcvs.org.uk
Website: www.bdcvs.org.uk
Business Relationship Managers
Business managers advise and give practical help in building and maintaining productive business relationships.
Karthik Durgaprasad
Business Support Desk
Tel: 020 8724 8295
Email: info@boldanddynamic.co.uk
Business Networking
Barking & Dagenham Chamber of Commerce arranges informal networking events for businesses and LEGI projects.
Mary Clements
Tel: 020 8591 6966
Email: mary@bdchamber.co.uk
Website: www.bdchamber.co.uk
Business and Higher Education
A BDE/University of East London project is making it easier for local businesses, entrepreneurs and inventors to benefit from the university’s resources and support.
Jean L. Bean
Tel: 020 8223 6505
Email: j.l.bean@uel.ac.uk
Website: www.uel.ac.uk
Business Loan Fund
Barking & Dagenham Small Business Centre manages a comprehensive range of loan funds, including one that allows small initial borrowings by new as well as existing businesses in the borough unable to secure bank finance. This initial borrowing can be increased to a limit of £10,000 as the business expands.
Simon Oliver
Barking & Dagenham Small Business Centre
Tel: 020 8911 3737
Email: bdsbc@bdsbc.org
Website: www.bdsbc.org
Smartworks
Global Action Plan will provide up to 5 days of specialist one-to-one support to SMEs in the borough
providing them with tailored advice on how they can lessen their environmental impact and reduce
running costs in the process.
Charlotte High
Global Action Plan
8 Fulwood Place, London WC1V 6HG
020 7 405 5633
020 7 831 6244
Email:Charlotte.high@globalactionplan.org.uk
Website: www.globalactionplan.org.uk
Space for Business
ExCITE Business Centre
Hot-desking facilities giving support to individuals or groups.
Elaine James
Tel: 020 8215 9632
Email: elaine.james@dabd.org.uk
Website: www.dabd.org.uk
Business Centres for Barking & Dagenham
From 2010, two business centres, with a 30,000 sq.ft (one in Barking and one in Dagenham), will provide managed workspace for new businesses starting up or wishing to locate in the borough.
David Harley
London Borough of Barking & Dagenham
Tel: 020 8227 5316
Email: david.harley@lbbd.gov.uk
Website: www.lbbd.gov.uk