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What to include in your start-up business plan

This seven-minute video will help you work out whether you need a business plan, what to include and whether you should register as a sole trader or limited company.

How start-ups can prepare and set targets for the new year that last

There's no better time to set targets than January. Whether you're starting a new business or want to grow an existing one, the new year gives you the opportunity to refresh and reset.

Setting targets is a crucial part of keeping your business on track. Many people create ambitious goals at the start of a year only to forget about them as things get busier, so it's important to create goals that can keep you motivated and focused.

Next Generation: A business plan in 20 minutes

 campaign for young entrepreneurs, takes you through an actionable and entrepreneurially-focused 20-minute business plan. It focuses on problems, solutions, key metrics and competitive advantages.

StartUp in 2020 step three: How to create a business plan

Our best articles on writing a business plan, including figuring out how much depth you need to include and an approach that works in 20 minutes.



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Next Generation: Growing your business together

A group for our Next Generation boot campers. Join other likeminded entrepreneurs and trainers to find out more about how you can grow your business from the support of others.

I am an advisor mainly helping business owners and directors of SMEs in UK and Italy, to overcome business and individual barriers to achieve their aspirations for growth, financial success, and work-life balance. My vast corporate experience and as an entrepreneur, is combined with my additional activity as Visiting Lecturer at Roehampton University in the faculty of Business and Law that exposes me to advancements in Business Strategy, management processes and practical techniques,focused on SMEs and, most recently in customer development, innovation, and circular economy.
Here is how I can help you:
<ul>
<li>Strategies for owners and directors wishing to regain control, deliver sales and profit growth.</li>
<li>Strategy Implementation and high-quality advice, information, resources and/or hands on support.</li>
<li>Value-creation and exit strategy readiness for businesses and their owners, succession plans.</li>
<li>Leadership, management, and core skills programmes developed specifically for owners of SMEs.</li>
<li>Organizational design and business governance (back office and front office).</li>
<li>Staff engagement, effective delegation, performance, and time management.</li>
<li>Incentive plans advice and staff psychometric assessment.</li>
<li>Managed sales, planning and implementation. Accounts management process and customer development</li>
<li>Integrated online/offline omnichannel marketing strategies and implementation.</li>
<li>Performance management (Measure, Monitor, Manage).</li>
</ul>
I offer a free 1-hour business health check to business owners and SMEs directors interested in achieving the next level of growth. If that&apos;s you book me here: <a href=&apos;https://orestemaspes.youcanbook.me/&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>https://orestemaspes.youcanbook.me/</a>
Here my contact details:
<a href=&apos;mailto:oreste.maspes@businessdoctors.co.uk&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>oreste.maspes@businessdoctors.co.uk</a>
Tel.: 07858531800

Director

Value-creation and exit strategy readiness for businesses and their owners, succession plans.

The most overlooked aspects of determining business value are often the owner and their intentions and the steps taken to prepare the business for exit.The decision to exit is only the first step in a series of critical decisions an owner must make. How any owners
prepares themselves and the business for exit plays
an important role in determining company value requiring the support of a well prepared Consultant

Humanising communication &amp; learning for 21st Century leaders: Helping businesses communicate with algorithms and humans.

As a business owner and certified trainer, I love to share my knowledge and experience with others. I&apos;ve been teaching, training and professional speaking in a variety of roles since 2003.&nbsp;

Since writing my Masters thesis on Identity in Cyberspace, digital &amp; social media have become disruptive forces that have transformed the way we communicate, make buying decisions, do business and ultimately live. People are at the heart of the changes we&apos;re seeing and I&apos;m driven by a desire to share a deeper understanding into the lives we all lead.&nbsp;

Because of this, I am a Certified Associate for Emergenetics (a tool to help greater self-awareness, enhance communication and build more productive workplaces using neuroscience), and a proud LGBTQ+ Awareness Trainer with a passion for equality, diversity, inclusivity.

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Anna Marsden

Humanising communication &amp; learning for 21st Century leaders: Helping businesses communicate with algorithms and humans.

As a business owner and certified trainer, I love to share my knowledge and experience with others. I&apos;ve been teaching, training and professional speaking in a variety of roles since 2003.&nbsp;

Since writing my Masters thesis on Identity in Cyberspace, digital &amp; social media have become disruptive forces that have transformed the

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