Good practice in business advice and counselling

Throughout the 1980s there was a growth in the range of different support agencies for small businesses. By the end of the decade, it was estimated that every person in Britain lived within ten miles of a local enterprise agency (Business in the Community 1989). Although not the' only form of support and counselling open to the small business owner, the exponential growth of local enterprise agencies (LEAs) led to them becoming an important feature of enterprise support networks.