Write a business plan
Writing a business plan for a small company
The Business Ignition website has a detailed piece on, ‘Writing a Business Plan for Your Small Company’. The guide aims to help you to write a business plan that is meaningful, internally and externally. Good advice offered includes, ‘cut out the flowery stuff – keep it factual and balanced’ and ‘make it an attractive presentation and an interesting read’. There is also a handy guide to a suggested layout and structure for your business plan.
8-Step guide to writing your business plan
Cheshire-based chartered accountants Hanley & Co have an 8-Step guide to help you research, prepare and write your business plan. The guide advises you to closely analyse your business, sales, market and competitors and to summarise with a SWOT analysis in your business plan. They also give useful advice on using the business plan to make sure things get done on time.
Business Link: 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 writing 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.©2005 Bytestart Ltd
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