Getting Advice When Setting Up

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Getting Advice When Setting Up

• You are setting up your own Business what are you
  going to need help with ?

Advice Needed
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Legal Advice
Computer Advice
Financial Advice
Advice / Help Needed
Government Help
Communication Advice
Marketing and Advertising advice
Industry Advice
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Where do you get the Help ?

• There are two main areas
• Government Agencies / Advisory Services
• Private Sector Support Services

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Video Clip Working Lunch

• What is the name of the organisation helping them
• What help did they get
• What problem did the carpenter have

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Government Agencies / Advisory Services

• These include the government and various business
  associations.
• Trade Associations
• Associations whose members are drawn from a
  particular trade or industry.
• National Farmers Union (NFU)
• Road Hauliers Association
• Association of British Travel Agents

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Trade Associations contd.

• Business have to pay a fee to join
• What do they give members
• Help and Advice
• Way of sharing information
• Way of promoting the industry
• Means of putting their views to the government -
  Pressure Group

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Chambers of Commerce

• An organisation which represents all businesses
  in the local region.
• Using your text book. Write down how businesses
  can benefit from their local chamber of commerce.

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Some answers
Training about Health and Safety
Represent Local Businesses
Chambers of Commerce
Obtain funds for the region
Training to promote exports and Health and Safety
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Business Links

• In most areas there is a Business Link
• What do they do ?
• A one-stop business advice and support service
• Training and advice for new business
• Help writing business plans
• Help selling abroad
• Help improving quality

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Confederation of Business Industry

• National Organisation
• Acts as a Pressure Group for business
• What is a Pressure Group ?
• Looks at things like the Minimum Wage and the
  Euro to see how it would affect business

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Other Organisations

• Using your textbook describe what the following
  organisations do
• Learning and Skills Council (LSC)
• Princes Youth Business Trust
• Shell Livewire

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Starting a Business Help and Support

• WORKSHEET

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Match up the right phrases
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Private Sector Support Services

• Large number of private sector businesses which
  provide support.
• Accountants
• Computer Services
• Solicitors
• Communication Services
• Advertising Agency
• Public Relations

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ACTIVITY

• Hurd Web Design

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Activity

• You are starting up a new business. You have
  bought some land and are planning to grow and
  sell organic vegetables.
• You are 26 Years old
• It is your first experience of farming.
• You have an office you need to sort out
• You plan to sell via the internet and through a
  farm shop
• You also would like to export some specialist
  British produce to France
• You have 10,000 but will need a loan
• Using a Spider Diagram, show all the government
  and private sector organisations that you might
  want to use, and how they might be able to help
  you

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Homework for Friday

• Page 33 - checklist
• Page 32 - Radcliffe partners

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Homework

• Page 30 Article on Business Link Walsall Read
  and answer questions
• Choose one of the following
• Page 31 Dudley Training Enterprise Council
  Read article and answer questions
• OR
• Internet Research Find Two Trade Associations
  and explain how they might help a business in
  that industry.