Business Plan Help

Advice and Help on Writing a Business Plan for a Start-Up Business

Bytestart – the small business portal has an array of great articles to help you write a business plan for a new business start-up. If you’re starting your first new business you should definitely read Write a Business Plan Before you Start.

As well as a host of advice on business plans, Bytestart has a whole section dedicated to Start-Up Tips and Guides, with practical advice from a complete guide to forming a limited company to setting up an Ebay business.

Tips on Preparing a Business Plan for New Business Start-Ups

If you’re planning on starting up a new business AdviceOnline has a range of tips on taking your first steps in business. They advise that you should start with a carefully prepared, in-depth business plan and offer specific suggestions on key areas such as; planning, finding your niche, marketing strategy, financial forecasting, funding and profits – because they will come one day!

Business Start-Up Guidance for Yorkshire Graduates

If you’re a graduate in Yorkshire gstart - a joint initiative between Yorkshire Forward and Yorkshire Universities - provides a range of information on starting your own business. The advice on writing a business plan includes a suggested business plan structure, telling you what you need to cover in each section of your business plan. Links to possible sources of funding for your new business start-up - in particular local schemes - are also useful.

Business Plan Advice for Start-Up Businesses

York-based chartered accountants, Jones & Co, specialise in helping start-up businesses. Their website advises you on what they think you need to include in a successful business plan for a start-up business. They assert that, for a new business, the 'Management' section of the business plan is vital. When reading a business plan for a new business, the lender will look for experience in the market and a track-record of success above all else.

Free Seminars and Workshops for Scottish Business Start-Ups

Business Gateway provides a selection of free business start-up seminars and workshops. Most are half-day events and are held in local Business Gateway outlets across Scotland. The ‘Start Your Business Workshops’ are specifically designed to help you to prepare and write a business plan. You can find details and dates of local courses on the Business Gateway website.

Starting a Business Advice from Clearly Business

The Clearly Business website has a section for new business start-ups where you’ll find a range of articles on planning your new business and raising funds to get your business started.

Outline Business Plan for Start-Ups

The Business Open Learning Archive (BOLA) website aims to outline the scope of a business plan for a business start-up. The site is intended to support undergraduates of a Business Structures and Processes course but there is a host of valuable help in here for anybody writing a business plan for a new business start-up.

Start Business – Business Plans

The Start Business website gives an honest and refreshingly to-the-point account of why you should develop a business plan (over 90% of business that fail didn’t have a business plan) and how to write a start-up business plan that gets you what you want. As you’d expect from the name the advice is tailored for those starting a new business.

National Federation of Enterprise Agencies

The National Federation of Enterprise Agencies (NFEA) specialise in providing advice to pre-start, start-up and small businesses. Their website has a useful business planning section where you’ll find a specific business plan guide for new businesses and once you’ve completed your business plan you can ask one of the NFEA’s business advisers for a free and impartial review of your business plan.

Business Plan Tips for Start-Ups

The business planning section of popular small business website StartUps.co.uk is well worth a visit for anybody thinking of starting a new business. You’ll find a range of articles on business plans such as: 'What is a Business Plan?', 'What goes in a business plan?', 'Pitching a business plan' and many more to help you start your new small business.

Need a Business Plan FAST?

For £149 Business Everything will produce a business plan for you. The service is angled towards small business owners and start-ups. They advise that a 12-15 page business plan with 12 months of financial forecasts is sufficient for start-up small businesses. Just complete their questionnaire and you’ll receive a complete written business plan by post, email or on disk in just 2 days. Order your business plan online or call them on 0845 226 0427.