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Grow Your Business Business Start-Up Course - September 2025

Business Start-Up Course - September 2025

Join this upcoming business start-up course to learn all you need to succeed in business!

Our business start-up courses give you an in-depth understanding of everything you need to know to start your own business. This four day course will equip you with the knowledge and tools necessary for success.

Dates: Monday 22nd September, Tuesday 23rd September, Wednesday 24th September and Thursday 25th September
Time: 10.00am to 12.30pm 
Venue: Online
Price: £25 +VAT per day

(Due to high levels of drop out, we now need to starting charging for this course. Each day will be charged at £25 +VAT which will be non-refundable, payment will need to be made when booking)

Day One - Your Big Idea

  • Introduction to the course
  • Give us your pitch! Ask each delegate to describe their new business
  • Exercise on the challenges and skills needed to build a business
  • Turning your hobby into a business.
  • Business structures e.g sole traders, partnerships, limited liability etc.
  • Home working Vs premises
  • Introduction to the business plan template we have made for them to fill in as the progress through the 4 sessions.
  • Homework: to clarify their business idea and create an elevator pitch
Book Day 1

Day Two - Staying Legal

  • The formalities that need to be taken care of e.g. UTRs/Tax/VAT etc.
  • • Records you need to keep
  • • Trademarks/name registrations
  • • Copyrights
  • • Tax returns and tax payments
  • • Terms & conditions
  • • Insurances
  • Being clear on your trading boundaries
  • Sustainability & ethics
  • When and how to employ others
  • • As freelance contractors
  • • As employees
  • Homework: fill in more sections of the business plan template
Book Day 2

Day Three - Money

  • Cashflow management
  • • Spreadsheet templates
  • • How to calculate costs in the business and profit margins.
  • Recording keeping
  • What you can and can’t claim for
  • Using an accountant
  • Cloud based accounting systems
  • Business banking
  • Credit control
  • ‘Making Tax Digital’ rules and how to deal with it.
  • Different apps and tools to make life simpler for startup businesses
  • Pricing (depending on time)
  • Homework: fill in the money section of the business plan template
Book Day 3

Day 4 - Marketing

  • Message and brand clarity
  • Building an online profile.
  • • How to get a website
  • • Creating online profiles
  • • Social media marketing
  • • Email marketing
  • • Google My Business
  • Running campaigns and promotions
  • How to sell without feeling ‘salesy’
  • A bit more on pricing
  • How to use ChatGPT in your marketing
  • Tools and apps to make marketing easier and quicker
  • A template for creating a marketing calendar
  • A template for launching new products/services
Book Day 4