SCL Business Plan progress

Photo credit to Raymond Yee

Quick post regarding the business plan for Souter Consulting Limited:

• I put together a document with my thoughts about how to proceed, immediately on leaving Fujitsu Services
• Was advised to get in touch with Business Link by Matthew Rippon
  • To get assistance with business start up
  • To get funding for key activities
• Did so – am based in Northumberland, so am looked after my the relevant team
• So far, useful assistance
• Business Link require anyone needing financial assistance to first complete a Business Plan
  • This then gets vetted by BL, and depending on what they think, financing may be available
• I gave this a first stab, drafting a document based on the template they provided
• There is also a pot of cash potentially available for those needing help with writing the Business Plans
  • I have been awarded this pot,
• Getting assistance from Digital City Business on Teesside
  • This includes market analysis
  • Sales packaging of what SCL can offer
  • Next steps & focus on running a successful business
  • Experience with DCB seems pretty good so far – they seem to have thoughts about the longer-term success of SCL, which is refreshing.
• It needs to be finished by the end of January ‘09

It’s turning out to be a really useful exercise so far. However, the key thing is to win some billable work!

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