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Start up business ideas
Develop and test your business idea and decide what form your business should take.
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  • Types of business
  • Testing business ideas
  • Product development
  • Is running a business really for you?
  • Start up stories
Set up a business
Understand the different business forms and register your sole trader business, partnership or limited company.
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  • Registering as a sole trader
  • Setting up a limited company
  • Business names
  • Buy a franchise
  • Buying a business
  • Starting an online business
  • Setting up a social enterprise
  • Small business support
Skills and wellbeing

Protect your wellbeing from the pressures of starting and running a business and develop key business skills.


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  • Manage your time
  • Self-confidence
  • Leadership
  • Dealing with stress
Business planning
Create a business plan that can help you attract funding, track progress and grow your business.
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  • Write a business plan
  • Business strategy
  • Start up costs
  • Managing cash flow
Start up funding
Learn about sources of start up funding , common start up costs and cash flow management.
Tax and National Insurance
Understand what tax and National Insurance you will pay and what tax and financial records you must keep.
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  • How to work out tax and NI
  • Accounting and bookkeeping
Business law
Introduction to key areas of business law you must comply with from employment law to health and safety.
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  • Licences and registration
  • Protecting intellectual property
  • Insurance for business
  • Workplace health, safety and environmental rules
Sales and marketing
Essential start up advice on market research, marketing strategy, customer service and sales techniques.
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  • Looking after your customers
  • Promote your business
  • Your marketing strategy
  • Setting prices
  • Sales techniques
  • Research your market
  • Creating and optimising a website
Business premises
Home office, shop or warehouse? Choose the right premises to attract customers and minimise costs.
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  • Commercial premises
  • Premises security
Employees
Hire employees, comply with employment law and manage your small business employees.
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  • People management
  • Recruitment, contracts, discipline and grievance
  • Employment rights
  • Hiring employees
Business IT
Get the right IT for your start up business and manage the risks to your data and systems.
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  • Buying IT for your new business
  • Basic IT security
Grow your business
Take your business from start up to scale up with advice on planning and funding business growth.
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  • Preparing for business growth
  • How to scale up your business
  • Funding business growth
  • Start exporting
  • Personal development
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