About Business For Starters

The Business for Starters programme is designed to help anyone to plan, start and run a sustainable new business. Some people, however, may not be ready to "take the plunge" and would like help in thinking through the process of planning a new business venture. For them, the Start Your Business CD is ideal.

The Start Your Business CD takes the user through a series of sixteen educational steps that lead to the creation of a robust business plan and cash flow forecast (business budget). And remember: no prior business knowledge is required.

The CD contains the following educational modules and fact sheets:

1 Start-up overview
2 Your idea, service or product
3 Do you have a market? *
4 Your business structure
5 Protecting your ideas *
6 Professional advisers
7 Tax, National Insurance and VAT
8 Basic accounting
9 Premises and equipment
10 Risk and insurance
11 Business planning
12 How to budget *
13 Writing your business plan *
14 Banks and business angels
15 Raising funds *
16 Finding and employing people *

* Contains templates in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint

To order your copy of the Start your Business CD please send us an email to business@brookes.ac.uk