1705 Consultancy is a growing Southend-on-Sea business helping organisations and event venues manage safety, security and risk more effectively. With fully funded business support from Let’s Do Business Group, funded by Southend City Council, the company has strengthened its financial planning, strategy and growth plans, helping to expand while supporting clients with risk assessments, event safety planning and Protect Duty readiness.

Celebrate International Women’s Day 2026 with Let’s Do Business Group at a free, in-person event in Hastings designed to support women at the start of their business journey. Featuring practical business and marketing sessions, expert guidance, and face-to-face networking, this event embraces the theme Give To Gain by sharing knowledge, connections, and confidence to help women grow in business.

We are pleased to announce that Let’s Do Business Group has been awarded two significant contracts to deliver new, fully funded business-support programmes in Essex: Smart Start Brentwood and Innovate & Elevate Rochford District.

Mike Shorer Fine Jewellery is proof that heritage businesses can adapt to modern challenges. With support from the Let’s Do Business Group and the Newhaven Enterprise Zone, Mike transformed his Newhaven workshop with solar power, energy-efficient upgrades, and new tools — cutting costs, reducing carbon, and future-proofing his craft.

The Let’s Do Business Group team are proud to announce they have been successful in securing funding to deliver business support in Hastings, East Sussex through the RISE programme funded by Hastings Borough Council and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Leads Direct Ltd, a Newhaven-based supplier of tailored power leads and cable solutions, expanded its warehouse capacity and improved operations through the Newhaven Enterprise Zone’s Refurbishment of Employment Space Fund.

Concluding in March 2025, for 2 years Let’s Do Business Group have been proud to deliver business support and training to businesses across the North Essex districts of Braintree, Colchester, Chelmsford, Maldon and Tendring – helping to spark economic growth in the region, and support businesses to start up, grow and thrive.