How can I be sure which UK government grants made available for small business applicants are legitimate and which are fraud?

Some entrepreneurs do not believe the UK government has small business programmes for helping entrepreneurs, such as grants, and thus assume they are all just a fraud. If you wish to verify that any given the United Kingdom government grants programme for small business is not a fraud, call the government agency or department in charge of those grants to verify the information with them directly. On the other hand, if you are just having difficulty with your research into government grants for small business, knowing they are not every a fraud, and would benefit from discussing your needs with someone with government funding research resources, phone the UKStartups.org at, freephone, 020 3880 8554 or use the email contact form on the sites homepage.

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