This 6-week hybrid course will commence Wednesday 7 September run over consecutive Wednesday nights with a mixture of Virtual & on-site sessions in the Abbey Court Hotel, Nenagh as outlined below:-

Week 1: Onsite, Abbey Court Hotel, Nenagh

Week 2: Virtual

Week 3: Virtual

Week 4: Virtual

Week 5: Onsite, Abbey Court Hotel Nenagh

Week 6: Onsite, Abbey Court Hotel Nenagh

The six modules will cover:-

• • Preparing a business plan
  • Legal issues for start-ups
  • Finance, funding sources and approaches
  • Brief introduction to the tax system as a self-employed person
  • Sales and pricing
  • Marketing for a start-up and small business – the importance of market research and steps to take to implement a successful marketing strategy

During the six sessions, the course covers important topics such as:-

• • Business plan
  • Start-up costs and expenses
  • Basic bookkeeping for a small business
  • Business advice
  • Employment laws
  • Registration of a business
  • Wages – the true cost of employing someone
  • Marketing
  • Budgets cashflow and VAT

Each participant should walk away with a reasonable idea if their business idea is viable or not.  If their idea is viable, they leave equipped with an action plan to develop their business idea and a business plan to guide them through the start-up phase.