Sign-up to Prosper
Join our free business support programme for businesses and entrepreneurs based in Mid Devon, East Devon, and Exeter.
If you’re running a business – or thinking of starting one – you can now access practical business support that is shaped by you and around your business goals, including business growth, digital, and start-up support.
Business Support:- business planning and growth, financial management, marketing, innovation, HR, procurement, resilience, sustainability.
Start-Up Support:- building confidence, barriers to progress, time management, work-life balance, business essentials.
Digital Support:- digital tools and technologies, digital marketing, digital security, driving productivity and growth.
Please fill in the Prosper sign-up form below and we will get in touch!
Prosper is delivered by experienced local advisors Business Information Point and Cosmic, and funded by the UK Government’s Shared Prosperity Fund.
The support is available to businesses or entrepreneurs based in or looking to start up in Mid Devon, East Devon, or Exeter. You must be able to commit to a minimum of four hours of support.  If you previously accessed Prosper support during the last round, you are entitled to join the programme again if you’re looking for help with new growth strategies. If you’re not sure which area you come under, you can check up inputting your postcode into the Council Checker.Â
Prosper is funded by the UK government and is receiving up to £181,790 of Shared Prosperity Funding (UKSPF). The UK Shared Prosperity Fund proactively supports the delivery of the UK-government’s five national missions: pushing power out to communities everywhere, with a specific focus to help kickstart economic growth and promoting opportunities in all parts of the UK. The Ministry for Housing, Communities & Local Governments is the managing authority for these funds. The accountable body for this programme is Devon County Council.
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The Heart of the South West Growth Hub service (the ‘Growth Hub’) is funded by the Department for Business and Trade. Somerset Council is the Accountable Body and Plymouth City Council is the Managing Authority. The Growth Hub service is managed and delivered by Devon County Council.
The accountable body for the Prosper Business Support programme is Devon County Council, working with contracted business support providers including Business Information Point.