Through certified professionals, the Florida SBDC at UWF delivers no-cost consulting, training, and information to help. Our professionally certified business consultants deliver thousands of hours of free consulting to small business owners and entrepreneurs across our service area, which includes Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, and Washington counties. We have offices in Pensacola, Fort Walton Beach, and Panama City, with circuit offices located throughout the region to provide Floridians access to our full suite of business services including: • Strategic Market Research • Business & Strategic Planning • Market & Revenue Growth Strategy • Capital Access & Loan Packaging • Financial Analysis & Assessment • Accounting & Financial Literacy • Feasibility Analysis & Start-up Assistance We’re a member of the Florida SBDC Network, a statewide service network funded in part through cooperative agreements with the U.S. Small Business Administration, Defense Logistics Agency, the State of Florida, and other private and public partners. We’re also hosted by the University of West Florida and nationally accredited by the Association of SBDCs (www.asbdc-us.org). Florida SBDC services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Language assistance services are available for limited English proficient individuals. The Florida SBDC’s government contracting services also offer high-value, confidential, one-on-one consulting at no cost to help Florida businesses prepare, research, and bid on government contracts. Our contracting specialists are knowledgeable, experienced, and eager to assist you in making procurement, or selling to the government, less complicated and more profitable. We are State Designated as Florida’s Principal Provider of Business Assistance [288.001, Fla. Stat.]