Lydia Cook runs the Union Street advisory centre single-handed and last year dealt with nearly 4,000 inquiries, 68% of which were start-ups.
Currently the JBV receives £65,000 a year by way of financial support from the States.
The economic growth plan lodged earlier this month by the Economic Development Committee is proposing to expand support services for small and medium enterprises and to commit funding of up to £200,000 a year, with £100,000 of that to expand the Jersey Business Venture either under its current name or as a new service.
The plan proposes that support should be focused on helping people who are interested in starting their own businesses to acquire skills to draw up a business plan, acquire loans, tap into other people’s knowledge and grow their business.
Limitations Mrs Cook said: ‘There is absolutely no promise that the funding will come to us, but it would be great if it did.
We will be submitting a proposal as to how we can expand our service.
At the moment we have limitations, as it’s just me and a part-timer working nine hours a week, so we can’t be as proactive as we’d like.
For instance we’ve talked about running training workshops or providing some sort of networking situation.
