Posts in the “Starting-up” category

When Vision Meets Reality – For Real!

The subject of the Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning’s “Enterprise Tuesday” in Cambridge the other week was entitled “When vision meets reality”! One of the founders and the CEO of a company developing biopharmaceutical technology for new cancer treatments gave the talk.

For most starting a new business, “vision meeting reality” would be about when our great ideas are tested by the reality of trading.  Do people actually buy our wonderful product or service in sufficient numbers and at the price we anticipated?  But that wasn’t the concern of these two guys.  Their “vision meeting reality” was about overcoming the technical challenges of molecular engineering.  The commercial challenges didn’t even enter their thinking.  Why not?

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Getting Yorkshire businesses growing again…

The UK’s top business planning company has chosen Leeds for its first venture in the North of England and is determined to help get Yorkshire businesses growing again.

Leading BPS Leeds is local businessman Peter Rivett-Jones, a former director and co-owner of Leeds advertising agency Poulters. Rivett-Jones was an obvious choice by BPS’ management to lead the company’s growth, having built and sold several businesses and undertaken Non-Exec roles in the marketing agency sector as well as running The Data People, a data planning consultancy.

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BPS gets ready for Global Entrepreneurship Week 2012

BPS will be participating at the London Business Village as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2012. Come along to the BIPC at the British Library in London on 12-13th November and get everything you need to know about how to successfully sustain and expand your business to the next level. Get all the personalised advice you need from over 30 experts and partner stands.

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Think you have a great idea? Prove it!

Have you ever seduced friends and family with a business idea?

Guess what? They’re biased! Your enthusiasm, along with the fact that the people you question are influenced by their connection to you, means this data is far from honest and accurate.

Having a great idea needs to be proven. Moreover it must be proven in a reliable way. Questioning biased participants is not viable and will not aid your product or service launch, if anything it will hinder it as you go forward with your business plan with unreliable and biased figures.

Allied to our business plan writing services, Business Plan Services provides access to over 10 years’ experience in cost effective, fast, online market research and an international panel of over 950,000 panellists, delivering viable facts and figures bringing reliable statistics and insight to your business start-up. Find out more here or contact us to discuss how we can help you with your market research.

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Want to be on tv?

Calling all entrepreneurs...Business Plan Services has been asked by True North Productions to help with their making of a new programme for Channel 4 which will take a family who are fed up of their current jobs/quality of life and want to pack it all in, sell their house, relocate and set up their own business.

If this sounds like something you and your family might be interested in then please contact us with a little bit of information about yourself and we will be pleased to pass your details on.

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A winning formula for Kibosh

A hearty (and somewhat belated!) congratulations to Kibosh who won the UK 2011 finals of The Pitch providing them with a much-welcomed package of £50,000 worth of business support services. And who helped them refine their winning bid? None other than yours truly, Business Plan Services.

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BPS at The Cambridge Exhibition

The launch of Business Plan Services in Cambridge coincides perfectly with the timing of The Cambridge Exhibition where Roger Hetherington who heads up BPS Cambridge will be available all day to answer questions on business planning issues and exploring visitors' need for help with their business plans for 2012. The event will take place on Wednesday 29 February 2012 at Millennium Grandstand, Rowley Mile Racecourse, Newmarket, CB8 0TF, from 11am to 4pm.

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Business plan support comes to Cambridge

Newly-launched franchise Business Plan Services has awarded its first territory to Cambridge-based Roger Hetherington.

Leading BPS Cambridge is a man who is already well known to businesses in the area. Roger Hetherington was, until recently, a senior manager with Business Link East, leading a team of advisors who provided help to local firms. He sees the new venture as an obvious move.

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Ten key issues to consider when writing your business plan

In an article commissioned by Smith & Williamson, leading independent providers of investment management, accountancy, tax, corporate and financial advisory services, BPS’ Managing Director, Jane Khedair, shares some of her secrets on business planning and writing a business plan. Discover how to writing a successful business plan here.

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When ‘free’ has never been more valuable…

The Business Start Up Show at Earls Court on 17th & 18th November looks set to be the ‘must-be’ event of the year for budding entrepreneurs who are in search of all the support they need to start and grow and new business. Now in its 26th year, the Show’s organisers really do need to be given a huge pat on the back for a first-class format, unrivalled content and a very impressive line-up of speakers that will certainly draw in the crowds over the 2-days.

Visitors will be spoilt for choice at the huge range of parallel events – ranging from speed networking, workshops and seminars – all hosted by the UK’s leading authorities in their respective field. And all of this is available FREE through an advance ticket ordering system at https://tickets.prysmgroup.co.uk/bstartup/47/ which gives even the most bootstrapped of entrepreneurs no excuse for not coming along.

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