Business Start-Ups / First Steps
These courses are intended to provide people starting a small business and those who have recently set up with the training and skills requried to startup and establish their own business in Limerick. In addition to Start Your Own Business Courses other "Basic Skills" courses in Business Planning, Sales, Marketing, Book keeping and Costing are provided.
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Business Planning Workshops
Start Your Own Business Programme
Please note: prior booking essential for these course. Due to demand we have had to turn away attenedees who have not reserved a place in advance.
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Business Planning Workshops
1 day workshop
Many people embarking on a new start-up (and some who have already started) struggle with the task of getting their plans and ideas on paper.
These monthly One Day workshops are invaluable in stimulating you to think
about the plan and the planning process. On completion you will understand
* The you need for a business plan
* The process of writing a business plan
* The key elements required in a plan
* How the plan relates to the business
Dates: 1st Wednesday's Oct 6th, Nov 3rd, Dec 1st
Time: 10.00 am – 3.30 pm
Venue: LES Jobs Club, Unit 4 Tait Business Centre,
Dominic St, Limerick
Cost: FREE of Charge
Prior Booking Essential – Places Limited
Presenter: Paul Partnership & Limerick City Enterprise Board
Bookings & further information: Ann Marie Gleeson 061-419-388
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Start Your Own Business Programme
Course Aim:
This programme offers you the opportunity to look at self-employment as an option. During the programme you will learn:
• How to assess the viability of your business idea.
• How to prepare a Business Plan.
• The process of registering your business.
• The requirements of starting and operating a business.
• About the core areas of Marketing, Finance & ICT.
Programme content includes:
Researching the market Mon 20th Sept
Project Appraisal Mon 27th Sept
Preparing a business plan Mon 4th Oct
Legal Issues for Start-Ups Mon 11th Oct
Marketing for the small business Mon 18th Oct
Business Finance Mon 1st Nov
Accounts & Taxation Mon 8th Nov
ICT and the small business Mon 15th Nov
You will also have the opportunity to discuss your idea, in private, with a business mentor.
Details
Date: Monday Evenings – commencing Monday 20th Sept
Time: 7pm - 10pm
Venue: Absolute Hotel
Cost: €50 waged no charge unemployed
Closing Date : Tues Sept 14th.
Please note this course is highly subsidized - full cost per participant is €400
Numbers are limited and priority will be given to city-based applicants.
Download Application Form here
Course Aim:
This programme offers you the opportunity to look at self-employment as an option. During the programme you will learn:
• How to prepare a Business Plan.
• The process of registering your business.
• The requirements of starting and operating a business.
• About the core areas of Marketing, Finance & ICT.
Programme content includes:
Researching the market Mon 20th Sept
Details
Time: 7pm - 10pm
Venue: Absolute Hotel
Cost: €50 waged no charge unemployed
Numbers are limited and priority will be given to city-based applicants.
Places are allocated to eligible applicants on a first come, first served basis.
For Application Form & further information contact : Burga Fullam, Business Advisor, Limerick City Enterprise Board, Tel: 061 312611 or email: b.fullam@limceb.ie
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Doing Market Research
Workshop objectives:
At the end of the course participants will:
• Have an understanding of market research
• Choose and apply market research techniques suitable to their business / business idea
• Know how to conduct market research cost effectively
• Know how to evaluate market research findings
• Apply market research findings to help prevent and solve marketing issues
• Draft a market research plan for their own business
Course Outline:
Market Research is critical to finding out what your customers and potential customers think and for discovering what their wants and needs are. This course aims to give participants a better understanding of what is involved in market research. There are a number of key areas that will be covered during this course:
• Introduction to Market Research – breakdown of what market research is, why we use it, why it is important, why it is important to do it right. How can you do market research without breaking the bank?
• Your business - What business are you in? / What is your business idea? .
• Market Research techniques: Examples from similar companies (size and industry). Questionnaire design. Sources of information
• Collecting data is one thing, now how to us it.
• Review
• Planning. Writing a research plan. A sample plan will be given to participants with the view of each participant filling out the relevant sections post training.
Date: Thursday 30th Nov 2010
Trainer: Gillian Horan
Venue: TBC
Time: 10-5pm
Cost: No Charge – booking essential b.fullam@limceb.ie Burga 061-312-611
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Please note: prior booking essential for these course. Due to demand we have had to turn away attenedees who have not reserved a place in advance
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