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!
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 £50 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
Shared Office Space
Office space is expensive for a start-up business, but shared office space and hot desking offers all the advantages without the costs! Pay a small monthly fee for a desk with no long term fixed contracts! We also have a Virtual Office option, if you don’t want your home address published!
Online Business Courses
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
Mentoring & Support
One-to-One Mentoring is a great way to sense check and validate your ideas when you are starting a business, and it increases your chances of success to have the support of an expert who has been there and got the T-shirt! Ad hoc or regular, our sessions are £45 per hour to ask advice as you need it
The Small Business Academy has been recognised with the following awards:
