Basic Business Skills

Everything you need to know to run a small business on St Helena

Basic Business Skills Everything you need to know to run a small business on St Helena Burgh House Training & Development

About this course

Starting your own business is a dream many share and to prevent the dream becoming a nightmare it’s best to be prepared. Are you capable of running a business? Is your idea sound? It there a market for your product or service and can you successfully sell to that market? Will you drown in paperwork?

This course shows you how to find out before you give up your current job.

For

Everyone starting or thinking of starting a small business on St Helena.
Can also be useful as a primer for those becoming involved in the management of larger businesses.

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Module 1: Planning your business

Why you need a business plan
How it is used and by whom
What a plan should contain
How it should look
What to do next

Module 2: Marketing, Branding and Packaging

What is Marketing?
Market analysis & research
Product life-cycle
Marketing mix: the four ‘P’s.
Brands and branding
How design & packaging help us reach our target market
Hints and tips

Module 3: Basic Book Keeping

The importance of keeping up to date records
The basic principles of book keeping
Essential documents for the control of your business

Module 4: Winning Business through Tendering

What to expect during the tendering process
How to read the document and formulate a response
Key information that the response should contain
How to construct and lay out the response

Please note: This course is designed so that modules can be taken individually.

Duration

Module 1: 1 full day
Module 2: 3 full days
Module 3: 1 full day
Module 4: 1 full day

Prior Experience

No prior business experience is assumed and the course is even suitable for school leavers.

Variations

We can provide each of the individual modules as separate courses.

I’m interested. What do I do now?

If you want to know more about how we could deliver this course, or any of our courses, for your business, department or other organisation please contact us for an initial discussion. We will meet with you and discuss your requirements and how we would go about meeting them. This initial meeting is free, and at the end we will write to you to explain how we can help you and what it would cost. If you decide not to proceed you pay nothing; but we are confident that you will see the benefits of training with Burgh House Training & Development.

Can’t you just do it for me?

We can provide most of the activities we train on an Interim Manager basis; we do the work this time, and train your staff as we work using Personal Coaching for Business. To learn more please see the Burgh House website or just contact us.

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