Business
Start and Grow your Business in Gosport
Gosport isn’t just a great place to visit – it’s also home to a dynamic range of businesses, both big and small, as well as a thriving entrepreneurial community of freelancers and side-hustlers.
However, there is still room for more businesses and jobs on our peninsula, and Gosport Borough Council is keen to help you start, grow, or relocate here. We work with a number of partners to help ensure you have the information, support, connections, events, and space for you and your business to grow and thrive.
Whether you’re launching a new venture, expanding, or relocating to the south coast, Gosport offers the infrastructure, support, and community to help your business succeed.
Explore local networking events, online resources, co-working spaces, networking groups, and business events below.
What you will find here
- Digital learning resources
- Made smarter programme (1-2-1 mentoring and up to £20,000 grant funding)
- Gosport ambassadors programme
- Latest business news
- Business locations
- Business events
More information and advice is also available via the Business section of the council’s website.
Business Hub
Let’s get digital!
Making Gosport a digital peninsula
Gosport Borough Council has utilised its UK Shared Prosperity Fund allocation from the Government to deliver resident and business focused digital related initiatives across the town.
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For businesses we prioritised supporting local start-ups and SMEs to increase productivity and growth via digital and technology adoption. This has included delivering 1-2-1 mentoring support, workshops and funding the provision of free business websites. As a legacy we have created a free to access on demand library of the digital training workshops that were delivered.
This business focused support programme has run in parallel with initiatives aimed at residents such as digital inclusion training and facilities, plus activities that encourage pupils to consider STEM related careers and develop digital skills. Therefore this will also help local businesses recruit staff with the skills to operate in a digital world, both now and in the future.
By investing this way in our businesses, people, community and place the aim is to make Gosport a digital peninsula.
Digital Learning Resources
Online on demand digital learning resources for businesses
Free to access on demand library of digital skills training
Over 20 workshops were commissioned by Gosport Borough Council and recordings/downloads can be accessed for free via:
Enterprise Nation
Federation of Small Businesses
- https://www.fsb.org.uk/resources/content-hubs/marketing
- https://www.fsb.org.uk/resources/content-hubs/social-media-marketing
- https://www.fsb.org.uk/resources/content-hubs/e-commerce
- https://www.fsb.org.uk/resources/business-guides/free-guide-how-to-easily-improve-your-digital-strategy-on-a-budget-MCX7VOGW3PTNG4BFJO4NDNYEXIFY
- https://www.fsb.org.uk/resources/webinars
Made Smarter Programme
For UK based manufacturing SMEs companies wanting to increase digital technology use within their businesses. Successful applicants will have an on-site assessment by a technical adviser and a jointly agreed digital action plan identifying the technology that will improve their operation.
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To help implement the action you can also access:
- Up to 12 hours of 1-2-1 mentoring with a technical adviser
- The opportunity to apply for grant funding of up to £20,000 (matched 1:1)
- Leadership and management support
- The opportunity recruit a university student for circa 10 weeks (paid for by the programme).
Gosport Ambassadors
Programme
Join a powerful network of local businesses, organisations and residents working together to help change perceptions of Gosport, thereby raising its profile in the eyes of investors, businesses and visitors.
The Latest Business News
Discover all the latest Business News for Gosport Borough Council.
Places to visit
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Discover Events
Support Sector Co-working Space
Support Sector Co-working Space
All free with good wifi. A dedicated work space, on a Monday, for people who need to remote or co-work. Various locations available within the space for individuals or groups.
BNI Gosport
BNI Gosport
BNI Gosport is a structured business network that meets weekly on a Tuesday morning at the Haslar Coffee Quarters at Royal Haslar. Every member and visitor gets to talk about
Support Sector Co-working Space
Support Sector Co-working Space
All free with good wifi. A dedicated work space, on a Monday, for people who need to remote or co-work. Various locations available within the space for individuals or groups.
BNI Gosport
BNI Gosport
BNI Gosport is a structured business network that meets weekly on a Tuesday morning at the Haslar Coffee Quarters at Royal Haslar. Every member and visitor gets to talk about
Support Sector Co-working Space
Support Sector Co-working Space
All free with good wifi. A dedicated work space, on a Monday, for people who need to remote or co-work. Various locations available within the space for individuals or groups.