Course Description

Do you dream of working for yourself? Do you have a burning business idea that just won’t go away? Then our business start-up course can help you turn your dream into a reality. This is a fast-track of our usual course condensing the same content into 4 days, over 4 weeks. We’ll provide you with a step-by-step guide to planning and launching a business. Covering everything from company registration to product development, we’ll help you identify routes to market, show you how to manage your finances and market your services. We’ll teach you how to get started on the road to business success. We’ve already helped many small businesses get off the ground, from street food stalls to interior designers and yours could be next! Learning Objectives: Analyse aims and identify a personal development plan Develop a feasibility study and market research to assess the viability of business idea Identify the most appropriate legal structure Describe the process of financial management and how this applies to the business Develop and practice using a profit and loss spreadsheet including start-up budget Review marketing and branding techniques and develop a communications plan Using all this information, complete a business plan to get up and running Identify sources of funding Contact us at learning@gcda.org.uk if you have any queries. Due to large numbers of people booking onto our courses and not turning up, we are now taking a £10 deposit for each course to help ensure attendance. You will be eligible to get the deposit back if you attend every session. Or, if you can’t attend, you must: · Email or contact the tutor or admin team on Training@gcda.org.uk to let them know you can’t make it. · Still attend at least 70% of the course. Do not book on if you think you cannot attend 70% of the course. · You must give 24 hours notice to be eligible for the refund · If you don’t show up and don’t get in touch, you will lose your deposit. If leaving a £10 deposit is a barrier because of financial difficulties, please contact training@gcda.org.uk to talk to us about this You must request the return of the deposit. The request must be made within 7 days of the course finishing. Our next Business start up course will be Mornings only and will take place in summer 2025 Do you have a Food business idea? We also run a Food Business course. Next up, check out our Bookkeeping course!!!