What We Do

News

Walk Eastside
The first ever downloadable walking tours of Easton and St Pauls are now live on line. Visit the site to download your free tours, and meet the people and places of Bristol's unique inner city!



BEST newsletter

The January to March 08 newsletter is out now! It may be the last of it's kind. Back copies of the BEST newsletter are also available here in PDF format

BEST Links
Check out BEST's other websites:

Visit Eastside - your guide to what's happening on Eastside, including an online version of our directory with nearly 600 local businesses listed.

Stapleton Road - discover more about Bristol's most diverse shopping street and the action plan for the area.

Redfield Traders - Church Road and Lawrence Hill are at the heart of Redfield's community. Find out about developments in the area.

Other Links
there is also lots of support for you out there from other organisations:

BRAVE

Business Match

Business West

Centre for Employment & Enterprise Development (CEED)

Creative Learning Agency

CSV Avon Training

Easton Business Centre

Princes Trust

Silai for Skills

 

As a small business based in Bristol's inner city ourselves, we know first-hand the issues and challenges small businesses face. However, as BEST and many other local businesses prove: being small now is no barrier to becoming BIG in the future!

We've developed a range of free services to help your business grow. It's all about breaking down the barriers to business success:

Advice


Free confidential business advice with a friendly, experienced advisor. We can offer a tailored service to meet your needs - whether you want a one-off advice session or ongoing support.

 

Finance


We can help you find the right finance for your business.

 

Property


We can help you find the right space for your business, help you negotiate with your landlord and give you advice on planning applications.

 

Marketing


We promote and celebrate the inner city in order to encourage a city-wide market for Eastside's small businesses. We can also offer you marketing advice via business advisors, a presence on our Visit Eastside online directory and visibility through a range of celebratory events and campaigns


Enterprise Management



We research and produce practical plans to tackle the long-term barriers to enterprise. We work closely with communities and focus on small areas in order to consolidate our successes. Stokes Croft, Stapleton Road and Redfield are three areas that we are currently working with. You can download a copy of the Stokes Croft Action Plan from here

 

Strategic Work

We work to influence mainstream policy that affects your business and your community.