The Value of Planning your Business

A Business Plan pulls together all the different peices of your business.

It will help you to see the big picture and identify if there are any missing parts in your strategy.

Preparing a Business Plan will:-

Give you confidence in why and how your business will succeed
Help you figure out the resources and investment you will need
Give you a plan of action of what you need to do and when
Help you raise investment to turn your idea into reality

Turning your ideas into realistic and viable plan is a huge and sometimes daunting task. You will need to break it the tasks down into manageable chunks.

Are you:-

Feeling overwhelmed by your business plan
Unclear about what to include in your business plan
Needing to increase your knowledge to complete the business plan.
Trying to raise investment with your business plan
Wanting to turn your business plan into a plan of action

Business Coaching can help you through this process

Our Business Coach's can help you:

Assess and breakdown the core components of your business to be researched and developed.
Identify your strengths and weaknsses in relation to the skills and resources you will need for your business.
Define your Business Partnership with your co-founder (s) and team to manage objectives, goals, roles and responsibilities and expected performance outputs and outcomes.
Review your progress and time management, prioritise tasks, or regain direction and momentum.
Help build the framework of the action plan, to connect and develop the essential elements, such as content, information, and budgets.
Connect you to suitable contacts, from suppliers and customers to brand, marketing or PR consultants.
Give you moral support. Setting up your very own business is exciting and exhilarating, yet lonely and frustrating at times.

Our coaching and training is provided on a chargeable basis, but we can access funding to provide free business support to certain groups of entrepreneurs who meet the eligibility of the funding provider. Please enquire to find out more.

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Useful Articles

Gaining a New Perspective on Your Business

The Bigger Picture Of Your Business!

BigBen As a leader one is often confronted with many daily demanding tasks and the luxury of time quickly becomes scarce. It is essential for any leader to step back and evaluate the performance of the business as a whole. A meticulous approach is important but acknowledgement of the ‘bigger picture’ is vital. Here is a simple exercise, the 'Top of Big Ben', to help you analyse and examine how your business is doing so far.

Transforming complaints into requests

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Us Brits have the reputation for being a nation of complainers and “Moaning Minnie’s”. Our friends down under refer to us as “Whinging Poms”.

This endearing term means: “a person of British origin who will consistently complain about any situation that they may face. They are emotionally unable to deal with any sort of adverse condition without commenting negatively about it.”

We complain and moan when we see the gap between how things are and how they ought to be and we speak out, trying to narrow the gap between the two. But does whinging, moaning, complaining really get us anywhere?

Think about what it feels like when you’ve been moaning and complaining about something. What are your energy levels like?

Do you have what it takes to become an Entrepreneur

Being your boss, following your passion, being in control of your time and your life, and making a lot more money in the process - no wonder would-be entrepreneurs get excited about starting a new venture.

But do you have what it takes?

Planning Your Way Into Enterprise!

business_plan At some point during our lives we have all probably had that thought along the lines of, "I want to run my own business" . Or perhaps it was an image of ourselves as being the "boss". However, many of us fail to put this thought into action. But, if you are one of those individuals that actually wants to do something about this here is an important first step to consider.

The first question most people ask is, “What do I do first?” To which I respond, “Business plan, business plan, business plan!” A business plan is an in-depth insight into the potential of your business and should provide details in the development of your business. It is a record which describes your business along with its core components such as its aims, strategies and financial forecast along with an analysis into the current market in which it will coincide with. Your business plan will have much to contribute from acquiring external funding to examining the performance level of your business

This guide, along with our coaching team, will help you prepare a strong and effective business plan. Don't miss this opportunity!

Selecting The Best Person For The Job

Failure to recruit the right staff can be detrimental to any organisation. A common consequence of poor recruitment and selection is a high level of staff turnover. This in itself leads to increased direct costs and impacts negatively on other staff members’ morale and motivation. Other adverse effects of poor selection and recruitment are also noticed with indirect costs such as training and supervising new recruits and replacing the loss with overtime. The ultimate impact is on the level of the business’ performance and customer satisfaction. Selection and recruitment is therefore crucial with decisions impacting on both the business and employee performance level.

So what can be done to recruit the best staff and retain them for a reasonable length of time? Read on and find out what your business needs to embark on success by following our clear strategies.