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Setting Up Your Own Business

More than half a million people in the UK start their own business each year – that’s almost 10,000 new entrepreneurs every week [1]. This course gives a comprehensive guide to all the issues you should consider if you want to give your new business the best chance of success.

The course begins by helping you to analyse your skills and your personality so that you can evaluate whether you are really suited to running your own business. Next, you’ll look in depth at your business idea so that you can assess its viability before you strike out on your own. And finally, you’ll be guided through practicalities of getting your business off the ground, including:

  • Writing a business plan
  • Obtaining finance
  • Organising your business
  • Location and premises
  • Legal requirements
  • Costing and pricing
  • Marketing and selling
  • Finding suppliers
  • Staffing

    By the time you have finished the course, you’ll have a much clearer idea of whether self-employment is for you and whether your business idea is viable.

    [1]: Business Link, The No-Nonsense Guide To Starting A Business, 2006 Edition

    Course code: 100019SM001