Blackburn and District Enterprise Trust (http://www.enterprisetrust.co.uk/)
A free and confidential business advice service to new and existing businesses.

Commercial Library, Manchester Central Library (http://www.manchester.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?categoryID=445&documentID=1932)
Provides free general business information.

Northwest Development Agency (http://www.nwda.co.uk/)
The NWDA provide business development advice as part its role in the economic regeneration of the North West region.

Patent Library, Manchester Central Library (http://www.manchester.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?categoryID=445&documentID=556)
For free patent information in the North West.

Ideas North West (http://www.ideasnorthwest.co.uk)
A group of inventors from NW England that meet in Blackburn