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Business Start-Up: Awareness Seminar
This workshop aims to make you aware of the various requirements involved in setting up a business.
Aberdeen
Business Start-Up: Awareness Seminar
This workshop aims to make you aware of the various requirements involved in setting up a business.
Falkirk
Business Start-Up: Awareness Seminar
This workshop aims to make you aware of the various requirements involved in setting up a business.
Glasgow
Trading Online
This workshop aims to enable you to set up and manage an effective online trading presence.
Edinburgh
Business Start-Up: Awareness Seminar
This workshop aims to make you aware of the various requirements involved in setting up a business.
Thornliebank
Get Real Results From Your Website
This workshop aims to give you the expertise necessary to make your website successful.
Falkirk
Prepare a business plan for growth
Every successful business regularly reviews its business plan to ensure it continues to meet its needs and responds to variations in the market, the economy and customer base.
Guide
Write a marketing plan
Writing a marketing plan helps you decide which customers to target and how to reach them. A marketing plan includes factors such as: deciding which customers to target; how to reach them and how to win their business.
Guide
Help and support available for your start up
If you run a start-up business as an entrepreneur, you may be able to get extra support if you’re a woman, over 50, disabled, from a minority ethnic group, young or on a low income.
Guide
Franchising
Decide if franchising is for you. How to find the right franchise, and the key issues you need to consider.
Guide
What to include in your business plan: step-by-step
Find out how to start creating your own business plan in this step by step guide that covers what you need to include.
Video
Starting a business: the basics
If you're considering starting up a new business, you should think about researching your business idea, business planning, funding and finding and keeping customers.
Guide
Manage research & development
All businesses need to keep improving their products and services to respond to changing customer needs.
Growth article
New VAT rules in 2015
On 1 January 2015 the VAT rules for cross-border B2C supplies of ‘digital services’ will change.
Growth article
Raggnar Power
With Scotland boasting world leading renewable energy targets, Alford based renewables provider Raggnar Power has similarly ambitious plans to make a mark on the industry.
Case study
West Coast Foods
West Coast Foods have built an enviable reputation in the supply of the highest quality meat and fish produce to consumers, retailers and top end restaurants and hotels across the country.
Case study
Three Sisters Bake
Since opening up their own café in 2011, sisters Gillian, Nichola and Linsey have taken the baking world by storm.
Case study
N J Slee Welding and Fabrication
A Garelochhead company that was founded 35 years ago is targeting growth after achieving a major industry accreditation.
Case study
Scottish business case studies
Case study
Angels Share Glass
The creation of an IP protected glass angel for whisky lovers, hermetically sealed in a process known only to Tom and Karen.
Case study
Aurora Marine
An innovative net cleaning company is reeling in fish farm clients who are looking to improve their green credentials.
Case study
Bubble Football Zone
An entrepreneur has teamed up with local football centres to offer people the chance to enjoy Bubble Football.
Case study
Dash Components
A Scottish Borders business set to expand its facilities and buy specialist manufacturing machinery to open its first retail outlet.
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