3 Legs Ltd has a number of Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Business Support Service registered consultants. The Business Support Service (BSS) is a scheme established by the Isle of Man Government through the DTI with project management provided by the University of Salford Enterprises Ltd (USE). The main aim of this scheme is to provide financial assistance for business development across a number of different sectors and services and provide specialist advice and support. Your business, if it meets the criteria of the scheme, may be eligible to receive up to 50% of the costs paid for by the DTI.
Assistance may be available for business development in the following areas:
- Business Planning
- Quality
- Marketing
- Financial Management Controls
- Training and Development.
- Manufacturing
- Environmental Management
- Energy Conservation
- Design, Business and Strategic Planning
- E-Commerce
- Information Technology/Information Systems
- Business & Financial Management Controls
How does the Business Support Initiative work?
Once your initial application has been accepted, the Initiative Manager will arrange for an Independent Assessor (an experienced business person) to carry out a free business review on your business project. The Assessor will then spend time with you in order to determine problems and identify opportunities and a business review will be undertaken to confirm eligibility for the scheme.
The Assessor will offer advice on how best to take advantage of the Support Initiative and draw attention to other forms of help available, which may be appropriate to your needs, from the public or private sector. You will then receive a copy of the Assessor's report.
Next, the Assessor's report is sent to USE, where the Initiative Manager will match your needs to one of the listed consultants. Alternatively, you may request a particular consultant.
The Initiative Manager will oversee and approve the Terms of References agreed between you and the consultant to ensure that you receive the best help on offer. The Terms of Reference contain a detailed programme of work, together with a work schedule, against which the project can be monitored. USE will assess the overall project and be available to offer help at all times.
E-Business
It is widely recognised that the Internet and E-Commerce are now essential for your company to compete and achieve its potential using these new and exciting technologies.
3 Legs Ltd provides a comprehensive introduction to the technologies you should understand and use in order to gain the maximum benefits from electronic commerce. New ways of doing business using the latest technologies can improve every aspect of your business from finding and servicing sales to purchasing materials. Doing business online can make your business routines easier, simpler, more productive and cost effective.
The e-business consultancy can include:
- What is the Internet and what can it do for your business
- Why the Internet is good for business
- The essentials of doing business online
- Introduction to e-commerce, using e-mail for
communications and
e-marketing - Successful strategies for e-commerce and how to find what your business needs on the Web.
- Creating a website
- Marketing your business on the Web
- How to present your company and its message
to a worldwide audience
Successful strategies for selling online - Customer relations and new ways of servicing
your marketplace
Innovative ways of using e-commerce - Advanced Web marketing tips and skills to keep you ahead of the competition
In addition to the services offered by 3 Legs Ltd, consultancy from other accredited consultants can be selected from the portfolio of Business Support Services.
These services currently include:
- Information Technology/ Information systems
- Business & Financial Management Controls
- Business and Strategic Planning
- Marketing
- Training and Development
- Environmental Management
- Energy Conservation
- and Design and Quality
E-Business Eligibility
Eligibility is now extended to all business sectors for projects in an e-business discipline, provided the project will enable the organisation to become engaged in the supply, from within the island, of any service to any person's who are;
- outside the island
- carry on a business outside the island; or
- are usually resident outside the island
(It should be noted that an e-business project must enable a company to undertake or enhance their on-line transactions capabilities)
