The Croydon Enterprise programme is about helping local people to regenerate our borough.  We are supporting entrepreneurship – backing people who want to start and grow businesses.  This is a powerful tool for regenerating our most deprived areas.

We can help people find suitable premises to start up, we provide training and support, we have a finance programme … we are providing support at every stage of a business’ development.

Take a look at what we offer:

	Beauty and complementary therapy		Innovation - ideas into business
	Building Enterprise		International trade, new markets
	Business Friendly Planner		Neighbourhood plans
	Business premises advice		Procurement analysis
	Courses and workshops		Reaching out to key target groups
	Crime and fear of crime		Services for business
	District Centre Managers		Start up training
	Events discretionary fund		Supporting social entrepreneurs
	Financial support		Voluntary and community support
	Franchising		Well being works
	Information Portal

The Croydon Enterprise programme was developed after an extensive consultation with local people and businesses.  It is a partnership between the council, businesses and many local organisations from the public, private and voluntary sectors.

Our vision

Our strategy

To ensure that we reach all sections of our target communities, we have broken the programme down into manageable proportions – these are our DELIVERY THEMES. Details of the projects within these themes have been developed by Croydon business people, and other professionals.

	Latent and potential entrepreneurs		Business retention and inward investments
	Business Creation and Business Growth		Capital projects

	Management and governance		Communications
	Targets and evaluation		Delivery principles and procurement

Our target areas are those of highest deprivation in the borough.  The programme includes additional programmes to target key groups that suffer particular economic disadvantage, such as lone parents, people with disabilities and people from BME communities.