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!
