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BES
Business Enterprise Support Limited (BES) has over 25 years experience in supporting new and existing enterprises and assisting the development of employees and individuals, with over 46% of our support services delivered to women.

We are a company limited by guarantee and BERR (formerly DTI) registered enterprise agency. BES is also a member of the National Federation of Enterprise Agencies (NFEA). We currently deliver enterprise services across the West Midlands.
In addition to our enterprise and start-up services we deliver the following throughout the UK and Europe in:• Business Support Professionals accreditation & development
• Training & development
• Consultancy to the private & public sectors.
BES is also a SFEDI Centre of Excellence in Business Support and Enterprise Development, and an ILM and OCR qualifications centre. We also hold the prestigious quality marks of Customer First and Matrix and have achieved Grade 1 recognition from the Adult Learning Inspectorate (now part of OFSTED) in Management and Professional training. We are currently working towards the Prowess Flagship Award which is a best practice quality standard in women’s enterprise development.
We are the largest independent enterprise agency in the West Midlands and we have delivered the highest number of SFEDI accredited awards and development programmes in the United Kingdom. BES has recently won the 'Enterprising Britain' West Midlands Award for 2006 in partnership with East Staffordshire Borough Council (ESBC) and more recently was a partner of the North Staffordshire Regeneration Zone winning entry of 'Enterprising Britain' National UK award 2007.
Our Mission statement is:“to promote, develop and enable an enterprise culture”
We aim to do this by: • Promoting and educating people of the meaning of enterprise
• To ensure that the support network is of the highest quality
• To ensure that quality is lifted year on year
• To provide tools to help people recognise their own enterprising skills
• Be a key player within the support network
• Work closely with other support providers
• Promote and support the growth of women’s enterprise.
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