7 Business Advice and Support
One of the Small Business Service's strategic themes centres on building the capacity for business growth among small businesses. A key method through which this, and other objectives, may be achieved is through encouraging improvements in awareness, accessibility and utility of the several sources of advice and support available to small businesses.
This chapter reviews the use of different sources of advice, information and support by small businesses in Scotland. We begin by considering the use of general advice and information among small businesses before turning to look in detail at the use of advice and support with regard to the impact of regulations on their business.