Welcome to The Small Business Academy

Providing small and start-up businesses with the tools, knowledge and skills they need to make their new business a success.

On-demand content. Access from the moment you’ve purchased!

Learn from highly sought after award-winning business experts.

Access course content anytime, anywhere 24 hours a day!

Business Skills are essential, but training is expensive and often out of reach of small, start-up business owners. Our online business courses and skills training lessons promise premium quality content at a price you can afford.

At our in-person events, Nikki and her team of specialists will provide guidance and support, answering your questions and ensuring you leave the sessions with an action plan tailored for your business. Sessions are held in Lancashire.

One-to-One Mentoring  increases your chances of success in your business, by having the support of an expert who has been there and got the T-shirt! If you’re a Lancashire business, you may be eligible for fully-funded mentoring with us!

Nikki Hesford is an award-winning entrepreneur as seen on Dragons Den and featured in:

Small Business Support

Fully Funded Business Support

The team at The Small Business Academy have successfully delivered a number of government-funded programmes across Lancashire. If you’re thinking of starting a business, are a new or established business, then you may be eligible for fully-funded support tailored to your specific requirements.

How do we help small businesses?

At TSBA we help small and start-up businesses thrive by providing the resources that you need, at the price you can afford

  • Virtual Office for £25 per month allowing you to publish a professional address, rather than your home address, at a low cost

  • Hot Desk for £55 per month

  • Your own desk to use 24/7 for £150 per month

  • Low cost meeting room hire to conduct meetings professionally

  • Affordable online training courses in the skills you need

  • Mentoring from those who have been there, done it and got the T-shirt!

  • Connecting you with other like minded entrepreneurs

  • A closed Facebook Group for help and support from your peers and industry experts

About

The Small Business Academy provides small and start-up businesses with the tools, knowledge and skills they need to make their new business a success.

Starting a business takes resilience and bucket loads of determination, but there is also a lot to learn too about how to finance your business, marketing your business, grow your business… and doing it by yourself is tough!

The Academy was founded by Nikki Hesford, a multi-award winning entrepreneur. When starting her own business in 2008, she spent many hours trawling the internet for free or affordable, but reliable, sources of information. Had the right tools and resources been available, she could have saved herself a great deal of time and money in learning how to start and operate a start-up business and she was determined that one day, she would create a hub of support that could be relied upon and trusted by other would-be entrepreneurs. And so…

…The Small Business Academy was born!

Recognised with the following awards: