Britain is a nation of fearless business entrepreneurs, but the likes of Richard Branson and James Dyson didn’t go from rags to riches instantly.
Branson needed a £300 loan to get his magazine up and running after dropping out of school at the age of 16. Dyson produced 5,167 prototypes before inventing his vacuumless dust-buster.
In fact, Government statistics revealed that more than half of businesses founded in 2011 had folded within five years, so the lesson here is to think before you decide.
If you have a bright idea and have spotted a gap in the market, you’ll need to test, prepare and assess the risks and opportunities to give your new business the best chance of survival.
More detailed information in our article here about the following:
Testing your idea – market research, look at competitors, identify ideal customers
Selecting a business structure – sole trader, partnerships, lip’s, limited companies
Writing a business plan – detailing structure, plans and forecasts
Naming your business – things to consider
Managing your business – goals, feedback, cashflow, tax
We can help advise you on all business matters – get in touch with our team
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behaviour or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.