Helpful links

State of Brandenburg

• www.brandenburg-business-guide.de : The Brandenburg Business Guide (BBG) online portal outlines in detail why Brandenburg is attractiv as a business location. Maps created by the Brandenburg Surveying an Geoinformation Office (LGB) are linked with relevant data. For example, the university database of the Brandenburg Invest (WFBB), the school database of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, the KWIS industrial estate database, and Creditreform and Chambers of Crafts company data. The homepage displays the latest business news from the capital region.
• www.gruendungsnetz.brandenburg.de Information portal regarding the founding of a new company
• www.gruendung-in-brandenburg.de is part of „Innovationen brauchen Mut“ (IbM) a project of the Wirtschaftsförderung Brandenburg GmbH (WFBB) helping to start a business in the State of Brandenburg with innovativ ideas.
• www.b-p-w.de Business plan competition Berlin-Brandenburg for company founders
• www.wfbb.de Wirtschaftsförderung Brandenburg GmbH (WFBB): the WFBB is your first point of contact for industrial locations, development of innovative midsize businesses and for the establishment of companies oriented to technology. It is the key point of contact for all questions related to commercial, innovation and foreign trade subsidies, energy consulting and technology transfer in the State of Brandenburg.
• www.ilb.de InvestitionsBank des Landes Brandenburg (ILB): As the key investment institute, the ILB supports the State of Brandenburg and other government agencies in the performance of their duties by promoting government and private investment projects in the sectors commerce, infrastructure and residential construction.

Federal government

• www.bmwi-wegweiser.de Central site of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy which helps to find the points of single contact of all of the German states.
• www.portal21.de Information and service portal for the implementation of Article 21 of the European Services Directive in Germany. Portal 21 offers important information on both the legal general conditions and consumer protection in Europe.
• www.gtai.de Germany Trade & Invest: the German government’s site marketing company recruits foreign investors, provides free information about investment opportunities in Germany and the general conditions at a site and advises companies on all aspects regarding industrial locations.
• www.existenzgruender.de Checklists, overviews and publications related to questions about starting up a business, financing, legal aspects and management, software; portal in five languages (German, English, French, Turkish, Russian).
• www.ixpos.de Information portal on business and location questions as well as general explanatory comments on the country, travel, life and work (portal in English)
• www.foerderdatenbank.de The Förderdatenbank provides fast and simple access to subsidy programmes of the national government, the states and the EU. User-friendly search engine and access paths simplify the mining of the extensive data records.

European Union

• Your Europe Practical guide to doing business in the European Union as a citizen of any member state

Professional associations

• www.hwk-cottbus.de Chamber of Crafts Cottbus
• www.hwk-ff.de Chamber of Crafts Frankfurt (Oder)
• www.hwk-potsdam.de Chamber of Crafts Potsdam
• www.cottbus.ihk.de Chamber of Industry and Commerce Cottbus
• www.ihk-ostbrandenburg.de Chamber of Industry and Commerce East Brandenburg in Frankfurt (Oder)
• www.ihk-potsdam.de Chamber of Industry and Commerce Potsdam
• www.bbik.de Brandenburg Chamber of Engineers
• www.stbk-brandenburg.de Chamber of Tax Accountants Brandenburg
• www.wpk.de Chamber of Chartered Certified Accountants
• www.rak-brb.de Bar Association of the State of Brandenburg (headquarters: Berlin)
• www.patentanwaltskammer.de Association of Patent Lawyers (headquarters: Munich)