The aim of this programme is to provide participants with the skills to rigorously test the viability of their business idea and to provide a strong understanding of the essential elements involved in setting up and running your own business. The programme runs over a 4 week period on Thursday and covers all aspects of running your own business from market research and how to make sales to taxation and legal structures and culminates in the preparation of a business plan.

Modules to be covered include

1. Self-assessment / Entrepreneurship
2. Legal issues for start-ups
3. Preparing a Business Plan
4. Marketing for the Small Business – An Introduction
5. Researching the Market
6. Finance
7. Funding Sources / Approaches
8. Basic Book-keeping
9. Sales
10. ICT and the Small Business

The programme commences Thursday 19 March and will run for 4 weeks on the following dates:

• Thursday 19 March
• Thursday 26 March
• Thursday 2 April
• Thursday 9 April

Trainer: Pearce Flannery, Pragmatica

The fee includes lunch each day and one mentoring session at the end of the 4-week programme.