Business Start-Up
provides the impartial advice and assistance new businesses need
at all stages of the start-up process. Business Start-Up will help
you and your new business through the first crucial stages of planning
and setting up. After launch, on-going support in the form of further
business and personal development, mentoring, advice and networking
opportunities is available.
We have helped thousands
of people realise their ambition to create their own business. And
research has shown that individuals who have accessed support from
our network have a much better chance of starting and building a
successful business. Like anything else, starting a successful business
begins with good planning. This is where we can help - we can take
you through the steps to start-up:
Step
1, Think - You
have your idea, but what do you really want to achieve? At this
stage you need to create your vision and work out how to turn your
thoughts into action. Remember, the more you fine tune your business
idea, the more committed you will become to it.
Step
2, Plan - Who will
you be selling your product or service to? Market research and building
a client profile are things you need to consider. How will you market
and sell? Our experienced advisers will talk you through how to look
at your market and assist you with the all-important business plan.
Step
3, Do - You have
your plans in place - now the real challenge - doing it!
We
have a comprehensive range of
services designed to take you through from Think to Do.
- Information -
Business Gateway provides access to a vast range of information
from paper based fact sheets and CD-ROMs to access to the Internet.
- Seminars - Business
Start-Up has been designed with you in mind. We have seminars
on a range of topics to help you think about your business idea
and decide the way forward.
- Workshops - Designed
to help you acquire the knowledge and skills that can give your
business a head start. They cover the day-to-day issues faced
by entrepreneurs when setting up in business, from accessing finance
to marketing.
- Business adviser -
Our business advisers offer a one-to-one service that offers impartial
advice on business planning, signposting to specialists, accessing
your training needs and, of course, encouragement.
Access
to specialist advice
Our network has been
established over many years and this enables us to give you access
to specialists who can help you shape and create your own vision.
E-commerce
Virtually every new business
starting in Scotland today can benefit from the use of information
technology. Whether it is surfing the net for business and market
information, advertising and selling via the internet, or simply
using a PC to issue invoices and keep track of VAT and the accounts,
there is a place for information technology.
After
launch
On-going support in the
form of further training, advice and networking opportunities is
available.
Networking
opportunities
Key to any successful
business is networking. We can provide you with access to existing
networks and enable you to create productive networks of your own.
The Business Gateway programme is administered in the Falkirk area by Falkirk Enterprise Action Trust.
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