The Falkirk Council Expert Help scheme allows businesses to get support from a specialist to help them grow and develop their business for free. Businesses located in the Falkirk Council area will receive up to 3 days of fully-funded support, plus advice from experienced, qualified, professional experts. 

Support is available on the following topics:

• marketing
• IT
• finance
• procurement

This service is available to small or medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in the Falkirk Council area with less than 250 employees, that are are involved in the manufacturing or business-to-business sectors.

The retail and business-to-consumer sectors may be considered if their market is wider than the local area - for example, if they have implemented e-commerce platforms.

This is a free service.

Small to medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in the Falkirk Council area that are involved in manufacturing or business-to-business services.

Once an application is received, businesses will usually get a decision within 2 weeks, if all the paperwork is correct.

Visit the Falkirk Council website for more information.