Businesslink.gov.uk

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Businesslink.gov.uk is a free website provided by the United Kingdom's Small Business Service under the Business Link branding to help small and medium-sized businesses in the UK. It has three main types of information:

text content explaining regulations and other areas of business in well-written English. Where regulations are explained, the text is checked by subject matter experts in the relevant government departments
directory content - for example, directories of forms, publications, and contact telephone numbers useful to business.
interactive tools that answer key business questions, such as VAT or regulation matters.

It is a very comprehensive site. Google indexes about 13,500 pages. Information is frequently updated.

The site was launched in 2003.

The Varney Report, published at the same time as the Pre-Budget Report for 2006, recommended "a freeze on the development of new websites providing ... business eservices created by departments, agencies and non departmental public bodies ... and [that] by 2011, almost all ... business e-services migrate to ... Businesslink.gov and all e-transactions are provided through [this] primary [site]. This means that all departments will have one corporate website, utilising shared infrastructure and all other sites will be closed."