Business IT Guide

About the Guide

e-skills UK, working with over 200 small businesses and leading industry experts, has developed the 'Business IT Guide' (the Guide). This online tool is designed to help small businesses identify ICT that could help their business, through a wide range of high quality business IT advice, and to support them in taking action. The Guides will:

Increase confidence by providing quality, trusted, relevant advice on demand
Improve awareness and understanding of the business benefits of different technologies
Improve competence by providing targeted information written by professionals
Aid successful action and implementation through guidance and support

Who is it for?

The Guide is aimed mainly at smaller businesses, with fewer than 10 staff, but will be of use to any business that does not have dedicated internal ICT expertise (typically organisations with up to as many as 25 people). The Guide can be used by anybody within such a business to explore how ICT could help their business make money, save time, save money and avoid problems.

Where is it funded?

Five Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) have already launched the Guide with more regions coming onboard soon. If you fall under one of the following regions please click on the appropriate link to begin your journey. Registration is free and only takes a moment.

If your region has not yet launched its version of the Guide, please click here. Select your region and then you will be given limited access and be able to view up to 5 guides.

We'll be updating this section shortly. In the meantime, please contact us at businessitguide@e-skills.com if you want to know more information about the Guide.

A word from our supporters

Colin Willman, FSB - Education, Skills & Business Support Chairman:

The FSB is supportive of the Business IT Guide and is pleased that the needs of micro and small businesses are being addressed, particularly as the Guide is written by those with small business experience."