Business Skills Workshops

These Workshops are designed to provide key information to any new start business or any existing enterprise that wishes to review its internal procedures.

Sessions will run at Training for Development, Rigs Road, Stornoway.

Programme

Sessions cover many topics including:

• Legal Set up - your options for setting up a business
• Why do businesses fail?
• Why you need a Business Plan
• The Business Planning process
• VAT - what it is - does it apply to you?
• Tax and NI
• Keeping Books - computerised systems
• Cash Flow Forecasts including Credit Control
• Pricing, estimating, tendering/stock control
• Quality - measurement and improvement
• Where is your Market? - conducting market research
• Competition (is there a gap for you?)
• Developing a Marketing Plan
• Promoting and advertising your business
• Health and Safety issues
• Customer management/communication
• The basics of selling/conditions of sale/ contracts
• Human Resource management

About the workshops

• Businesses attending these Workshops have access to a dedicated telephone Help Line
• Prospective enquirers may pick and mix although ALL Workshops are of benefit
• All shapes and sizes of business can use the workshops from prospective new starts, HI Start businesses to established business.

Contact us online or phone us on 706000 now to book your place.

How to book

Phone us on 706000 or use our enquiry form now to book your place or to get further details.

"The business skills workshops are totally invaluable to any business, whether you are an old hand that just needs to polish up a few skills; or a total beginner starting your new business for the first time. These workshops made running our business so much easier!"
Alex Tearse, Partner - ReefNet