Getting Started
If you are unemployed and want to start a business, various funded schemes are available to help you get started. Our professional advisers will help you to:
- write your business plan
- prepare costings for products and services
- understand the importance of marketing and market research
- produce sales, profit and cash flow forecasts
- test trade your plan once you start to trade
Create a good business plan
This is pivotal to obtaining finance and will help you to focus on where you want your business to go and how you're going to get there.
Research the Market
It is necessary to find out as much as possible about the market place in which any new business is to operate.
Consider your Target Market
Think in terms of what benefits the customer will get from dealing with the organisation. Understand everything about them.
Test Trading
Once your business is up and running you can test your business and also get the full benefit of business counselling and advice. If you are unemployed and claiming benefits, you will be supported for a period of 26 weeks while you try out your business idea.
