About this Event

Please note this workshop is open to anyone living in Wiltshire that has been made redundant due to the Honda plant closure in Swindon, this includes Honda employees and those affected in the supply chain.

This course, made up for 3 interactive workshops will give you knoweldge and practical advice on how you can use your skills, experiences and passions and turn them into a business to become your own boss.

This sessions will help you to consider all aspects of starting your own business, delivered by business advisors with a range of experiences of both running successful companies and within corporate indistries. The session are designed to give you the space to ask questions, engage in content and exercises to encourage you to explore your business idea and cover the fundamental elements of what being your own boss really means.

We will help to increase your confidence, knowledge and motivate you on your business start-up journey.

Day three we will cover the following:

• Elevator pitches- we'll cover what they are and giving you an opportunity to practice a pitch

• Financial documents- introducing you to the different financial documents and terminology.

• Record keeping, pricing, business banking and other useful finance information

• Types of Finance- what sources of finance are available and which type may be the most appropriate for you.

• Business plans- what they look like, how to write one and how you can use our online tools to put one together.

• Company structure- the different types of company structures and registering as a business.

• Outset Online- we explain what Outset Online is, what extra resources you can access on the platform and how you can use it to create a business plan.

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Are you eligible to attend?

You must be based in Swindon or Wiltshire and fill in your full name and address details during the Eventbrite registration process.

You will need to completed a client enrolment form before attending the workshop, enroling means you access are support for free as it's funded through the European Regional Development Fund. This will be emailed to you straight after you register for the event. If we do not receive the form before the start of the session it may mean that we are unable to send you the Zoom details to access the workshop.

The Zoom details to join the workshop will be sent to you the day before the workshop takes place.

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Outset Swindon and Wiltshire

Outset is a specialist service supporting people to start, launch and grow their own business. We focus on building your confidence and skills and help you to learn the key knowledge areas to build a successful and sustainable new enterprise. We offer specialist learning and support through a mixed programme of workshops, events, online resources and 1:2:1 support, delivered by our team of enterprise advisors.

All the support run by Outset Swindon and Wiltshire is free to access as the programme is funded by the European Regional Development Fund. Currently all our events are being held online via Zoom.

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Booking is essential as places are limited to ensure maximum learning and benefit for each participant. Please ensure that if you are unable to attend the session, that you let us know so that we can move this place to another participant.

If you require any help accessing our courses, please contact us at swindonandwiltshire@outset.org or on 0800 917 1179.