small business gateways...

**RobAnt** · 20 May 2002, 20:03

What exactly do you mean by "Small Business Gateway"?

**ScotsPine** · 21 May 2002, 11:46

well, up here we have a body called scottish enterprise (don't scoff!

) and it's public interface is a collection of these small business gateways. they are supposed to be setup to help startups etc with various things. how they work, i don't yet know. they do however seem to move at the speed of every other government department (apart from ir)...

**andrewcowan** · 29 May 2002, 13:20

I have a small business that has been running for the past four years. During this time I have tried contacting all sorts of "gateways", but without any success. It seems that a lot of these organisations gave out money like sweets to start with, got burned, and now trust nobody.

**ScotsPine** · 30 May 2002, 08:25

that is beginning to look like the case here

i can't get them to contact me at all. what a complete shower. but maybe no worse than any other government institution?

**roger rabbit** · 30 May 2002, 09:19

tried local chamber of commerce?

small business gateways...