Giving valuable insights into unlocking the Business & IP Centre Manchester’s £5 million collection of UK and global business databases (including market research and company and financial information) to assess market potential and develop a viable business plan, upskilling you to ‘know your market’.
At this session you will learn:
How the BIPC can support your business idea
Why market research & other sources of information are important to the success of your business idea
How to find information on customers, market size, competitors, trends & other key data.
The basics on conducting your own research
How to use these tools to help complete your own business model canvas
This session is one of the modules in the Build A Business in GM Libraries core workshop programme.
To join this workshop, you or your business needs to have a postcode within the following GM authorities: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Manchester, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford or Wigan.
You also need to be:
The owner of a business.
OR
An aspiring entrepreneur with a business idea you want to develop.
Please note: These are fully funded programmes. Failure to attend on two separate occasions without prior cancellation will result in you being barred from attending future workshops. This is due to the cost of setting up each workshop and preparing based on the number of sign-ups.
Build a Business in GM Libraries is part funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and managed by Manchester City Council.
