Set up a successful small business /
Gain all the confidence and know-how you need to set up your small business!.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[London] :
Teach Yourself,
2010.
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Table of Contents:
- Book title
- Personal introduction
- Only got a minute
- Only got five minutes
- 1. The first step
- Is it saleable
- Can you sell it
- 50. time management guidelines: for people setting up their own business
- 2. Business finance
- Costing the product or service
- Working capital and cash flow
- Making a Business Plan
- Presenting your case for funding
- Conclusion
- 3. Premises
- Working from home
- Workshops, warehouses and factories
- Office premises
- Finding out what is available
- Support and grants
- 4. Methods of trading
- Sole trader
- Part nership.
- Limited company
- Limited partnership
- FranchiseRegistered charity
- Multi-level marketing
- 5. Marketing
- Your marketing profile
- Marketing methods
- Marketing your own consultancy
- Image
- 6. Selling the product or service
- Preparation
- The approach
- Establishing the customer's needs
- Features and benefits
- Objections
- Closing
- Additional sales and services
- 7. Doing the books
- Receipts and payments
- Petty cash
- Banking
- Necessary or useful records
- Manual or computer
- Year end
- 8. Personal finances and business expenses
- Money for personal use
- NI contributions and pensions
- Income tax
- Allowable business expenses
- 9. The professionals
- How to find the professionalsAccountants
- Architects
- Banks and Building Societies
- Estate agents
- HM Revenue & Customs (VAT)
- Insurance brokers
- Printers
- Office services
- Solicitors
- 10. The office
- Stationery
- Business documents
- Computers
- Telecommunications
- Furniture and equipment
- Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- 11. Employing others
- Staff recruitment
- Pay
- Written Particulars of Employment
- Insurance
- HASAWA
- Data Protection Act 1998
- Staff training
- 12. Opening a shop
- Siting
- Image
- Stocktaking
- People
- Legal requirements
- Money
- Security
- Advertising
- 13. Import and export
- ImportExport
- 14. e-commerce
- Know your customers
- Getting started
- Open an eBay shop
- Your own website
- Photographs
- Despatch
- Marketing
- Running costs
- Funding
- 15. Running a home and a business
- Planning ahead
- Children and other dependants
- Your health
- Your business image
- Money
- Taking it further
- Helpful sources of information: websites
- Networking opportunities
- Learning opportunities
- Further reading
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