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The UK hosted the fourth edition of the annual dialogue between the UK Department for Business and Trade and the French Direction générale des Entreprises.

• Updated: 30 December 2025

Apply for a Start-up visa if you've been endorsed for a business idea: eligibility, documents, switch to this visa, bring your family.

• Overview

  You can no longer apply for a Start-up visa. If you want to set up a…

• Your partner and children

  Your partner and children can also apply to join you or stay in the UK as…

• Updated: 22 April 2022

Statistics, insight and analysis covering enterprise, small businesses, entrepreneurs and support for business.

• Updated: 5 July 2016

Apply to bring your family or settle in the UK if you already have a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visa.

The below provides guidance and helpful information on the IPO's attaché based in North America

• Updated: 8 December 2025

Enterprise Ulster was a statutory employment training organisation established as a public corporation under The Enterprise Ulster (Northern Ireland) Order 1973. It was funded by the Department for Employment and Learning

• Updated: 15 April 2021

Official employee statistics used to calculate employment estimates at varying industrial and geographical levels.

• Updated: 23 February 2015

Official employee statistics used to calculate employment estimates at varying industrial and geographical levels.

• Updated: 23 February 2015

Work and Opportunities for Women (WOW) was the FCDO-funded women’s economic empowerment programme from 2017 to 2025.

• Updated: 1 October 2025