Migrant Business Support

Migrant Business Support Report

This report presents findings from a study of the innovative Migrant Business Support Project (MBS), led by ACH. It is an example of the positive impact on individual and community lives that is possible when leadership is informed by learned and lived experience. The findings demonstrate what is possible when business support focuses on a broad and holistic conception of social and economic progress, integration, empowerment, and inclusion.

Download the full report HERE.

What is the Migrant Business Support project?

Our Migrant Business Support project is designed to help entrepreneurs from a migrant background navigate the world of business and get their ideas up and running, or advance a pre-existing business.

We offer:

1-2-1 Business & Entrepreneurship Support from business experts in various industries
Advice & Training Modules on Product Development, Ecommerce, Marketing, Social Media, HR, Customer Acquisition & Retention
No time limit or cost, even if you are already on a government programme or supported by another organisation
Help exploring self-employment, setting up a business or supporting an existing business.

We’ve worked with entrepreneurs from all kinds of sectors, from lifestyle, care, import/ export, cleaning, beauty and so much more. If you’ve got an idea, we can help you to grow, thrive, or simply work out if entrepreneurship is for you.

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How to get involved

Our business support is free and available to anyone who is a third country national, from a migrant background and currently living in the South West of England or the West Midlands.

If you’re not sure if you are eligible for our support or would like to find out more, have a chat to one of our team using the contact details below.

South West: shalini.sivakrishnan@ach.org.uk

West Midlands: sonia.nazir@ach.org.uk

We are currently running a variety of online workshops for entrepreneurs to come together, network, share ideas and learn about marketing, finance, pitching to investors and more! View our upcoming workshops below.

Upcoming events

Our Migrant Business Support project: Your questions answered

Read our latest article, to find out the answers to some of the questions you might have about the project! Find out if the Migrant Business Support project could help you take the next step into entrepreneurship…

Dina's story: setting up her online business

We’ve been supporting people set up businesses for more than two years now.

We helped Dina to set up her business on the website Etsy, where she was able to start selling her range of products inspired by Sudanese culture. We asked Dina if she had any advice for budding entrepreneurs and she said ‘Just go for it! You never know if you are going to succeed or fail if you don’t take the risk. You can do it!’.

Read about Dina’s journey to setting up her online business below.

Find out more | Our Migrant Business Support video

Still want to learn more about our programme? Watch our video in Arabic, that tells you all you need to know about the Migrant Business Support programme and what it can offer you.

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The awarded grant is part funded by the European Union Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund. Making management of migration flows more efficient across the European Union.