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BIPC East Riding Libraries provide specialist business information and resources for anyone thinking about self-employment, setting up, or growing a business. Trained staff offer support to help you research how to start, grow and protect your business.

You can use our resources, tools and contacts to guide you through:

  • researching your initial idea
  • reaching new customers
  • checking out competitors and suppliers
  • checking whether your Intellectual Property (IP) is protected - copyright, trademarks, designs, patents

Where we are

BIPC Beverley Library

Visit us or call (01482) 392750

BIPC Bridlington Central Library

Visit or call (01262) 672917

BIPC Goole Library

Visit or call (01262) 672917

Where are you on your entrepreneur journey?

Find out if the East Riding Libraries BIPC can help you and when it's time to contact the East Riding Business Advisers by letting us know more about where you are in your business plans.

Do you have an idea for a product or business?

Not yet, but I know there's one in there somewhere

Pop in and see the East Riding Libraries Business and Intellectual Property Centres at Beverley, Bridlington or Goole.

I want to start my own business, but I don't know what

Pop in and see the East Riding Libraries Business and Intellectual Property Centres at Beverley, Bridlington or Goole.

Yes, I just need some help to put it on paper

Pop in and see the East Riding Libraries Business and Intellectual Property Centres at Beverley, Bridlington or Goole, or go straight to the East Riding Business Advisers.

Yes, I need grants and financial advice to get started

You're ready to chat with East Riding Business Advisers. Visit the East Riding of Yorkshire Council website for more information.

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Yes! I've done a business plan too

You're ready to chat with East Riding Business Advisers. Visit the East Riding of Yorkshire Council website for more information.

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Invented something?

Yes, how do I stop someone using my idea?

Pop in and see the East Riding Libraries Business and Intellectual Property Centres at Beverley, Bridlington or Goole.

Not yet, but I'd like to. I'm just not sure where there's gaps in the market or where would be the best area to research

Get in touch with East Riding Business Advisers. Visit the East Riding of Yorkshire Council website for more information.

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Yes, I have established my product/brand but I want to grow and reach new territories or markets

Get in touch with East Riding Business Advisers. Visit the East Riding of Yorkshire Council website for more information.

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Want to protect or diversify your business?

I want to offer a new service or product, but not sure who else is doing it

Pop in and see the East Riding Libraries Business and Intellectual Property Centres at Beverley, Bridlington or Goole.

I want to make sure no-one else can use my ideas or business model

Pop in and see the East Riding Libraries Business and Intellectual Property Centres at Beverley, Bridlington or Goole.

I want to change the way my business operates

Get in touch with East Riding Business Advisers. Visit the East Riding of Yorkshire Council website for more information.

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I want to change the way I grow and expand my business

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COBRA
EAST RIDING 4 BUSINESS
Experian Market IQ
Statista

COBRA

Available at: All East Riding Libraries.

How to access: Access anywhere with a library card - it's free to join!

Description: An encyclopaedia of practical information for starting, running and managing a small business. Includes over 4,000 fact sheets, basic market trends and local area profiles. Library card holders can access COBRA and are permitted to download/print limited numbers of documents for their own PERSONAL USE, to help research, start up or run a business.

Visit COBRA portal (external website)

East Riding 4 Business

Available at: All East Riding Libraries.

How to access: Access anywhere (registration is free)

Description: Registration will give you immediate, free and unrestricted access to our comprehensive database of funding opportunities and business advice services. You can browse or search for funding, generate reports and set up alerts to receive updates regarding suitable funding opportunities.

Visit East Riding 4 Business (external website)

Experian Market IQ

Available at: Beverley, Bridlington Central and Goole Libraries only.

How to access: You will need a login and password available from library staff and to visit the website while connected at East Riding Libraries, either using our Public Access PCs or using East Riding Free Wi-Fi on your own device.

Description: Experian MarketIQ is designed to enable quick access to the best quality information on UK businesses including Companies House Documents and Global Mergers and Acquisitions, through simple Company Name or Registered Number look up.

Visit Market IQ website (external website)

Statista

Available at: Beverley, Bridlington Central and Goole Libraries only.

How to access: You will need a login and password available from library staff and to visit the website while connected at East Riding Libraries, either using our Public Access PCs or using East Riding Free Wi-Fi on your own device.

Description: Statista is a global statistics database, containing tables, charts and infographics from 170 industries and more than 150 countries.

Visit Statista.com (external website)

Workshops and Events

Pop in and speak to our friendly staff. We can signpost you to a wide range of free or low cost business workshops, webinars and events. These include:

  • Business ideas & resources
  • Business advice
  • Book-keeping for business
  • Social media
  • Intellectual Property
  • Research tools for business, including market research
  • Marketing for business

You can also access the BIPC National Reset Restart programme anytime. Join one or more of our series of monthly webinars for practical, jargon-free training and advice.

FREE business workshops, 1-2-1 ideas clinics and other events are also available throughout the BIPC Humber Partnership. View and book events.