Contract delivery by Let’s Do Business Group

Let’s Do Business Group is an award-winning deliverer of business support and engagement contracts – with an emphasis on ensuring the fulfilment or targets whilst providing outstanding customer service. We work collaboratively with stakeholders and partners to ensure that businesses get the best support, finance and training available to them.  
We have a proven track record of delivering highly effective business support and training programmes for SMEs across the South East and East of England. We have delivered contracts on behalf of East Sussex County Council, Essex County Council, British Business Bank, and NatWest Bank and are a quality-assured member of the National Enterprise Network. 

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What we’re currently delivering

Accredited Business Partner of British Business Bank

Approved delivery partner for the British Business Bank delivering the Start Up Loan and the Growth Guarantee Schemes.
We were also the first accredited partner in the UK for the Community Enable Fund (CEF).

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Luton Elevate: Business Growth Launchpad

Delivered by Let’s Do Business Group and funded by Luton Borough Council through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, the Luton Elevate: Business Growth Launchpad offers free expert support, training, and mentoring to help your business reach the next level.

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Luton Online: Digital Marketing Launchpad

Delivered by our marketing subsidiary Let’s Do Marketing and funded by Luton Borough Council through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, the Luton Online: Digital Marketing Launchpad aims to equip business owners in Luton with the skills to get their businesses online a grow through a series of live and on demand webinars, as well as 1:1 support.

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Newhaven Enterprise Centre

Let’s Do Business Group manages and maintains the Newhaven Enterprise Centre on behalf of Lewes District Council.

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Ongar Business Centre

Let’s Do Business Group manages and maintains the Ongar Business Centre on behalf of Essex County Council.

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The Coval Business Workspace

The Coval is a brand new Co-working space within the council’s Civic Centre complex in Coval Lane.

Let’s Do Business Group are managing the centre and supporting it’s launch.

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Maldon District for Business

Working with Maldon District Council in Essex, we are running regular business networking events for businesses in the district to stay informed and engage with locally available business support. We are also managing and developing the Maldon District for Business Social Channels.

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Work with us!

If you are looking for a partner to help deliver support in your area, then please get in touch - we’d love to hear from you.

Our Previous Successes

Locate East Sussex

Fully funded by East Sussex County Council, the 5 District and Borough Councils, and The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), Locate East Sussex was the Inward Investment service for the county, supporting businesses looking to relocate or grow.

From 2019 - 2024
Supported 1,693 Businesses
Created 1,204 Jobs
Our South Downs - South Downs National Park Authority

A project to support to raise awareness of and membership of the ‘Our South Downs Business Network’    Through a comprehensive marketing communications plan and strategy we

From 2023 - 2024
Helped them increase their membership by 185%
Increased website traffic by nearly 300%
RISE Hastings

Funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, RISE Hastings is a programme led by Let’s Do Business Group in collaboration with Southern Housing, Education Futures Trust and Hastings Borough Council to encourage and reinvigorate economic growth in the town.

From 2023 - 2026
Supported 311 Businesses
Created or Safeguarded 21 Jobs
CHART - Connecting Hastings and Rother Together

The Connecting Hastings and Rother Together (CHART) project was a Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) Programme which included tailored and free support to help start-ups and established businesses in Hastings, Sidley and Central Bexhill to grow. The project was part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under Hastings Borough Council.
From 2020-2022
Supported Over 300 Businesses
Created 46 Jobs
North Essex Economic Board

Businesses based in North Essex districts such as Braintree, Chelmsford, Colchester, Maldon, and Tendring, can call upon our team of experienced business advisors or attend a programme of free webinars and workshops tailored towards business finance topics, to provide the help and support for their businesses to grow.

From 2021 - 2025
Supported 1,181 businesses
Created or safeguarded 505 jobs
Supported businesses to access £460,000 of finance
Herefordshire Council - Support for VCSE Sector

This was a programme of dedicated support for the VCSE sector in Herefordshire. Focused on enhancing available support for the VCSE sector, we provided tailored support services that aim to enable organisations in Herefordshire to expand their skills and grow – through 1:1 support, advice on applying for funding, and workshops and events around accessing funding and marketing.

From Jan 2025-March 2025
We supported 89 organisations
Tonbridge and Malling Shop Front Grants

Working with Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council, we supported the delivery of grant funding for shopfront improvements for retail premises and for vacant units to be brought back into use.
From 2023-2025
Supported 90 businesses to access £161k of funding
BEST

Let’s Do Business Group managed the Essex BEST Growth Hub on behalf of Essex County Council. Providing support and guidance to businesses across Essex as well as important signposting to the support most suited to their unique challenges.
Southend-On-Sea Business Support Programme

In partnership with the Southend-on-Sea City Council, and fully funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, we gave businesses in Southend-on-Sea the practical support to strengthen their working practices, and access to finance to grow their business.
From 2023 - 2026
Supported 259 Businesses
Created 32.5 FTE jobs
Safeguarded 91 Jobs
Backing Essex Business

Fully funded by Essex County Council, Backing Essex Business provided free support for business in Essex to grow, through advice, access to business finance, and training.
From 2021 - 2026
Supported 1,600 Businesses
Created 540 FTE jobs
Safeguarded 995 Jobs
Newhaven Sites and Empty Property Fund and Newhaven Low Carbon Investment Fund

Let’s Do Business Group are working with Newhaven Enterprise Zone to deliver the Newhaven Sites and Empty Property Fund and the Newhaven Low Carbon Investment Fund to spur development in the town
The delivery of grant funding allowed for the redevelopment of disused sites and land to aid local economic growth whilst also encouraging new sustainable business practices and operations to support more local businesses move towards net zero.
From 2023 - 2026
A total of £535,827 funding accessed
Supported 29 Businesses
Created 91.5 FTE jobs
Safeguarded 14 Jobs