HCD provides a range of business support and advice services both connected to its work as premises providers and through specific business support projects, such as its current Dalston 4 London Project.

Over the years HCD has helped to create and preserve many hundreds of jobs, and given opportunity for businesses start-ups to get going and many others to expand and develop themselves.

Its business advice work covers all kinds of small businesses, community and social enterprises, co-operatives, voluntary and community groups. It also helps to to bringing together these group in new configurations and inter-relationships to support each otherworking for a sustainable local economy.