This training programme, which we have been provided for over 30 years, is aimed at people thinking about, starting or having just started their own business. It focuses on the main topics of self employment, and discusses our own key recommendations for running a business. All of the examples, templates, financials and worksheets used during the course of the workshop are based upon real businesses.
Workshop details
- Understand the challenges and opportunities facing start-up and existing businesses in a difficult economic environment. Specific examples of such challenges and opportunities will be taken from case studies of businesses that we have worked with over the past thirty years.
- Assess their suitability for self-employment
- Identify the main skills required to set-up and run your own small business
- Prepare, implement and monitor a Business Plan
- Carry out market research
- Identify potential development costs, including capital and operating costs
- Identify potential sources of funding for their costs
- Understand what marketing means for a small business
- Describe the main types of marketing for small business
- Understand the role of ICT, social media and networking techniques within small businesses
- Identify the key skills for customer service
- Differentiate between the three main types of business structures
- Decide on the business structure most appropriate to their needs
- List and describe the main business insurance requirements for a small business
- Describe how to open a business bank account, talk to the bank, register and liaise with Revenue
- Understand the differences between business names, trademarks, design and copyright
- Prioritise targets and allocate time efficiently
- Understand the primary obligations of becoming an employer
