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Practical advice and training, designed to help Gloucestershire businesses to grow, develop and prosper.

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2-Day Business Start-Up Course

Our Business Start-Up course will inform you of all the necessary aspects of running your own business. We can support you through this exciting time to provide practical help, tools and resources to ensure you get off to a flying start.

Day 1: Getting the basics right & managing your finances

  • The basics of setting up your business
  • Choosing the right legal status
  • Intellectual Property
  • Regulations and licencing requirements
  • The costs of starting/running a business
  • Understanding Tax, National Insurance & VAT
  • Preparing a cashflow forecast
  • Understanding Profit & Loss accounts
  • Bringing it all together - The Business Plan


Day 2: Finding customers - Sales & Marketing

  • Effective market research
  • Identifying your target market & creating a customer profile
  • Who are your competitors
  • The Marketing Mix
  • Winning sales and the sales process
  • Branding, advertising & promotion
  • Choosing the right business name
  • Social networking & internet marketing
  • Customer care
  • Bringing it all together - The Marketing Plan


You will come away with all the necessary knowledge required to set up and run your new business.

Click on the link to see a schedule of our Business Start-Up Course and to book a place

Having attended the course, we are able to continue with one-to-one support to help you create a business plan. Click here for further details.

We also provide a series of short workshops covering specific areas in more detail. You may also be interested in our networking events where you can meet like-minded business people.

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