Business planning : a guide to business start-up

Author(s)

    • Butler, David

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Business planning : a guide to business start-up

David Butler

Routledge, 2016 c2000

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Originally published: Butterworth-Heinemann , 2000

"This edition published 2011 by Routledge"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A readable and structured guide for the increasing numbers of people each year who consider setting up a small business or becoming self-employed. 'Business Planning' outlines the options and risks involved in setting up a business. The importance of thorough planning is often overlooked and only becomes evident if the business fails. This is highlighted in a recent study by the SFEDI of 486 bankers and accountants where lack of planning was the most common reason cited as to why businesses fail. 'Business Planning' shows how to avoid this failure by focusing on the planning stage and building on this framework as the business develops. This is the only book based around the Small Firms Enterprise Development Initiative (SFEDI) for first time owner-managers. It contains all the underpinning factual information required to prepare and present a successful Business Plan for presentation to a bank manager, or an alternative potential source of finance, or for use in an NVQ portfolio. It is in line with the major syllabuses for Business Start-Up, and can be used as a course book for anyone completing a formal NVQ level 3 qualification in this area, with tips on NVQ structure and assessment.

Table of Contents

  • The importance of business planning
  • The structure of the business plan
  • The business idea
  • Personal skills and abilities
  • Identifying relevant legislation
  • Financial planning
  • Financial controls
  • Sources of finance
  • Sales and marketing
  • Monitoring and controlling quality
  • Customer service
  • Premises requirements
  • Physical resource requirements
  • Recruiting and employing staff
  • Formulating the business plan
  • The NVQ assessment process
  • Appendix
  • Index

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Details

  • NCID
    BB27058035
  • ISBN
    • 9781138143807
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    ix, 275 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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