Start Your Own Business Course with Alan Carey of Bridgewater

The programme will guide participants through the various aspects of business and business planning.  The objective is to assist them in assessing their idea, its viability and to decide to proceed or take a step back.

The Start Your Own Business Programme is designed to support

• Anyone with a business idea they want to develop
• Anyone looking at self-employment as a realistic career option
• Anyone who has recently started a business

Key Issues Include:

• Is your business idea viable?
• Can you develop a competitive and sustainable enterprise?
• Are you prepared to take the risk?
• What skills do you require to achieve your objectives?

Programme Modules:

The following is the typical content of a Start your own Business training programme:

• The Entrepreneurial Mind-set
• Starting up / getting started
• Tax, law and insurance
• Feasibility - Identifying, understanding, testing and researching your target market
• Financial planning - pricing, costing
• Sources of funding
• Marketing and Promoting your business
• Sales and customer service
• Basic bookkeeping
• Developing your Business Plan

 Dates:  9th & 10th; 16th & 17th; 23rd & 24th November Wednesdays & Thursday 5pm-7pm