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GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
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A one-stop shop for new and existing businesses looking for assistance and advice. |
Eight RED Door Advice Centres around the province. |
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Advice and support for tourism businesses, including 22 Tourism Business Help Desks around the province. |
6th Floor Waldorf Building, St George’s Mall, Cape Town |
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A wide variety of support, training and information for all farmers. |
Agriculture Western Cape: Elsenburg |
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A national government project to create opportunities for youth employment and youth entrepreneurship. Business Development Support Vouchers enable clients to buy business support services from approved service providers. |
Open for Business |
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A project of the national Department of Trade and Industry to support small businesses. They offer comprehensive support and advice on all aspects of running a business, and provide links to finance providers. |
National Call Centre: 0860 103703 |
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PRIVATE SECTOR AND NGO SUPPORT
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Offers advice, training, networking and exhibition support for any business involved in the craft and design industry. |
Cape Peninsula University of Technology |
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Clotex |
Offers a wide range of training for the clothing and textile industry. Clotex also has information on legal issues, finance, computer skills and technology. |
15 Lower Hope Rd, Rosebank, Cape Town |
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CITI is a regional trade association, networking body and a promotion agency for the ICT industry. It runs a number of mentoring and support projects for small IT companies. |
Bandwidth Barn, 125 Buitengracht St, Cape Town |
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A specialised investment company for SMMEs, offering finance, property management, mentorship, consulting and on-going business support through industry-specific units. |
60 Sir Lowry Road, Cape Town |
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Provides advice and training for entrepreneurs, as well as helping to find finance. |
UCT Graduate School of Business |
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Provides a variety of training and support services. |
University of the Western Cape, Cape Town |
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Offers support and training including basic business skills for women entrepreneurs and people with disabilities. |
Tygerberg and Stellenbosch |
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Helps entrepreneurs to identify viable business opportunities and develop their business skills. |
50 Lower Main Rd, Observatory, Cape Town |
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NICRO Business Centre |
Provides training and support for people wanting to start their own small businesses, especially former offenders, families of offenders and victims of crime. Finance services and micro loans are also available. |
Mitchells Plain, Cape Town |
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Provides training, support and networking for all small businesses, including a “Women Supporting Women” network. |
12 Spin St, Cape Town |
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Zenzele |
Trains unemployed people in welding, woodwork, sewing, catering and tourism. It helps graduates to form co-operatives, and also provides business development and incubation services. |
New Crossroads and Khayelitsha, Cape Town |
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INFORMATION SERVICES
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Business Corners are available at most libraries in the Western Cape and provide a wide range of books, pamphlets and other information resources, as well as a place to display your business cards and products. |
Library Business Corners office |
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SBP provides research and development services to promote strategic partnerships and a better regulatory environment for business growth in Africa. They have a range of useful publications. |
79 Oxford Road, Saxonwold, Johannesburg |
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An independent newspaper and website specifically to help business owners grow their businesses and create jobs. Regional supplements are published in Gauteng and the Western Cape. |
3rd floor, 37 Strand St, Cape Town 021 426 5203 More details |
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