UK business plan advice

How NOT to write a business plan

There are reams of advice about what to include in your business plan but sometimes what you leave out is as important as what you include. This article runs through a list of classic mistakes. Read it to make sure you don’t make any of these howlers.

Business Link guide: Preparing a Business Plan

Business Link, the Government-funded agency, has a handy online guide to Preparing a Business Plan. The guide is full of useful, sensible pointers and will be useful for most small businesses preparing a business plan.

You can either print the entire guide, or just individual sections covering each chapter of the business plan, from the Business Link website.

Ernst & Young’s Guide to Producing a Business Plan

Accountancy firm Ernst & Young's Guide to Producing a Business Plan is a comprehensive 20-page document that you can download from their website. It focuses on business plans for early stage technology and other high-tech businesses and the examples provided relate to the issues typically facing these businesses. The guide includes a range of useful tips to write a winning business plan.

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