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# Business Planning

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LAWS Project - Starter Kit - http://www.laws-project.org.uk
LAWS Project - Starter Kit - http://www.laws-project.org.uk
Tameside MBC - LAWS project - http://laws.tameside.gov.uk
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<h2>Miscellaneous</h2><span class="gen">email address here</span><span class="gen">phone number here</span><span class="gen">sms phone number here</span><span class="gen">fax number here</span><span class="gen">minicom number here</span><p><i>Business planning is an essential component of any successful business but it is often overlooked due to pressures of day to day work. A well considered and constructed business plan can help you safeguard your own investment, focus your efforts, ease external financing problems and provide you with a yardstick against which to measure your progress. Once developed you should aim to maintain your business plan in-line with your business. </i></p><hr/><p>Writing a Business Plan is essential but it is not as difficult as it may sound - it is simply a way of putting your ideas on paper.</p><p>Areas that are usually covered:</p><li title="*">Description of the business - brief overview of purpose of business and location. </li><li title="*">Evidence of demand for product/service - size and location of market, buying patterns, type of research carried out. </li><li title="*">Sales and Marketing - how you will promote your product/service, sales targets you've set, competition and how you will overcome it. </li><li title="*">Product/Service - description and its advantages (and disadvantages). </li><li title="*">Management - CV's, training needed, what are these people bringing into business? </li><li title="*">Financial forecasts - cash flow forecast, profit and loss, initial financial outlay</li><p>Your plan should contain the essential information required - not waffle. Try and tailor it to the needs of whoever is going to be looking at it. And remember, with financial predictions - best to be prudent - don't be over-optimistic!</p><p>You can obtain examples of business plans from:</p><ul> <li title="*">Local libraries</li> <li title="*">Business services of banks</li> </ul><p>Help and advice on creating a business plan for your business, can also be found on the <strong>

<a href="http://www.smallbusinessadvice.org.uk/busplan/bpindex.asp">Small Business Advice</a> </strong> <span class="gen">link to external website</span> website.</p><span class="gen">email address here</span><span class="gen">phone number here</span><span class="gen">sms phone number here</span><span class="gen">fax number here</span><span class="gen">minicom number here</span><span class="gen">postal address here</span><h3> <a href="/ccm/services/pid.jsp?pid=346"> Providing Information (346) </a></h3>