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Menta
Welcome to MENTA, a trusted, not-for-profit business organisation, empowering small and micro businesses in Suffolk and Norfolk to thrive for more than 40 years.
MENTA is here to champion your success
Whether you’re a start-up or scale-up, MENTA is here to champion your success. For over 40 years, our support and guidance is fostering growth, resilience, and sustainability in our business communities.
We do this through a range of award-winning services including expert advice, networking events, training opportunities, access to funding, workshops, 1:1 mentoring, and cutting-edge digital resources.
We also offer meeting spaces and serviced business offices across Suffolk.
Resources
Essential Business Guides
Visit ResourceFor more than twenty years, Essential Business has produced books, workbooks and training courses to help other business owners, advisors and educators with the practicalities and realities of running a business. MENTA are now the proud publishers of the Essential Business!
Taking care of business. We care about business, we care about the people who run their own businesses, and we care about educating people about the right and wrong ways of doing business.
Current Publications:
The Essential Start-Up Guide – A 24-page resource packed with everything you need to kickstart your new business. It covers key topics such as choosing the right legal structure, registering your business, securing start-up funding, setting your pricing, planning for success, and more—helping you build strong foundations from day one.
Thinking of Starting a Business – Created to help you consider what makes a successful business start up. It shows you the importance of having a clear vision and values and explains what skills you need. It also prompts you to think about what sort of business matches your personal circumstances and lifestyles.
Planning and Starting a Business– Designed to guide you, step by step, through the sometimes overwhelming process of starting a business. The clearly-written text and integrated worksheets help you understand how market research and marketing activity, sales forecasting and financial planning all fit together to create a business plan you can understand and feel confident about putting into practice.