Lanarkshire Business Gateway

As a small business based in Lanarkshire, we love to put our marketing expertise to work to support businesses in North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire to connect better with potential customers.

Business Gateway offers businesses advice, professional resources and support across Scotland. In its local approach for businesses based in Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire Council and South Lanarkshire Council have teamed up to offer "Expert Help" services.

Since 2023, J&G3 Ltd. has provided marketing support to a wide variety of businesses that access Business Gateway Expert Help in Lanarkshire. We like to take a strategic approach to marketing, and provide step-by-step support to help businesses better understand their key markets and customers.

Support usually includes a mix of things, tailored to each individual business. This could be developing a bespoke sales and marketing strategy or in-depth training in digital marketing and e-commerce. We often provide advice on how to market online using social media platforms and tools, through both organic and paid strategies and approaches. Another in-demand area of work is often on website content and design, understanding data analytics, lead generation, and search engine optimisation.

We love to help Lanarkshire businesses of all sizes innovate their approach to branding, advertising and promotion. We also get a kick out of helping businesses take a sustainable approach to developing skills in content strategy, content creation, visuals, and copywriting - and all support is customised to the specific needs of the business.

There are many fine businesses that deliver Expert Help in different areas, and there is no guarantee that your business will be allocated Expert Help support - or that J&G3 Ltd. will be contracted to deliver support to your business.

However, if we are lucky enough to be offered a contract by the relevant Council, our marketing guru, Jennifer Payne will be your main contact and will communicate processes, reasoning, and answer all questions in a way that businesses can understand, often with examples. Our managing director, Gareth Payne, is usually found working patiently behind the scenes unbeknownst to clients, like a spider in a bathtub. We also have an extended team of specialists that we may call upon to deliver specific areas of work, dependent upon the marketing needs of the business.

J&G3 Ltd. is proud to directly help many local businesses grow and develop via discrete projects, which directly contributes to their overall success.

How to Apply

If you are a business in Lanarkshire, and you already have an existing contact within Lanarkshire Business Gateway, then get in touch with your contact to discuss an application for Expert Help. If you don’t have an existing contact, you can still get in touch with Lanarkshire Business Gateway to progress an application.

To make an application directly:

Businesses in North Lanarkshire should email North Lanarkshire Council via experthelp@northlan.gov.uk
Businesses in South Lanarkshire should email South Lanarkshire Council via experthelp@southlanarkshire.gov.uk

An advisor from the relevant local authority will then be in touch with you to discuss next steps.

Important Information

Again, there are many fine businesses that deliver Expert Help in different areas, and there is no guarantee that your business will be allocated Expert Help support - or that J&G3 Ltd. will be contracted to deliver support to your business.

We are huge fans of Scotland's public sector, and we want to share the potential for this amazing support for Lanarkshire businesses far and wide.

However, since Expert Help is such a popular programme in Lanarkshire, we suggest that you get in touch directly with Lanarkshire Business Gateway, North Lanarkshire Council or South Lanarkshire Council to discuss your requirements.