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How to Set up a New Business
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Entrepreneurs Brief Guide - This e-book consists of six “Entrepreneurs Brief Guides”, addressing all you need to know about setting up a new business. It contains independent and practical advice for entrepreneurs and small to medium sized businesses (SMEs). Designed to help your business achieve its daily objectives of acquiring and retaining customers, this guide is invaluable to any start up company and small business owner.
Learn how to: (a) Apply for Grants, (b) Search for Your Business Premises, (c) Set up Your Office, (d) Set up Your I.T. System, (e) Insure Your Business and (f) Recruit Skilled Employees
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How to Set up a New Business - Dr Jim Porter
How to Set up a New Business
Entrepreneurs Brief Guide - Volume 1.2
Dr Jim Porter
This e-book consists of six Entrepreneurs Brief Guides
, addressing all you need to know about setting up a new business. It contains independent and practical advice for entrepreneurs and small to medium sized businesses (SMEs). Designed to help your business achieve its daily objectives of acquiring and retaining customers, this guide is invaluable to any start up company and small business owner.
Learn how to:
Apply for Grants
Search for Your Business Premises
Set up Your Office
Set up Your I.T. System
Insure Your Business
Recruit Skilled Employees
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How to Set up a New Business
Dr Jim Porter
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Revision: SW.01.2.001
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ISBN: 978-1-4661-5820-7
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Chapter No. 1: How to Apply for Grants
While conducting your market research prior to starting a business, you must find out about the various types of grant schemes available. New grant schemes are often introduced, but you must have an idea as to which kind of grants your business is eligible for and whether or not it is worth applying for them.
LEARN HOW TO:
Prepare for a grant application
Access possible grant schemes
Receive grant payments
While conducting your market research prior to starting a business, you must find out about the various types of grant schemes available. New grant schemes are often introduced, but you must have an idea as to which kind of grants your business is eligible for and whether or not it is worth applying for them.
Your start up business may qualify for a grant or government support to help you get started.
Grants can be one of the best and cheapest sources of financing. For example, you might get a subsidized or zero-interest loan, or even an outright cash grant. In addition, support schemes can provide expert advice, information or subsidized consultancy.
Before applying for grants
You must always be prepared to invest your own money in the capital instead of completely relying on outside financial sources such as grants. Grants usually cover a minute percentage of the total financing required for any project.
If any grant scheme is ready to finance your entire project, you will still have to invest your time, effort and resources in researching the availability of that specific grant scheme. Grants are usually available for specific projects such as the introduction of a new training program etc.
Many of the grant schemes have certain restrictions, such as they will fund only already begun projects or so. In this case you must convince them and demonstrate that you will not be able to achieve your targets without their grant.
Before proceeding to apply for grants, ensure that you have a sound business plan to convince them of your credibility and commitment to developing your business.
Factors affecting grants
The kind of grant schemes and support you qualify for depends on a lot of factors:
The location where you start your business is a major factor for determining the grants available to you. If you start your business in a special economic zone or in an area where productivity