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Presenting your business plan - key considerations
What to consider when presenting your business plan and what to avoid.
Essential information to include in a business plan
Include information in your business plan such as how much you need to borrow and how you will pay the money back
How to tailor your business plan to get funding
Adapt your business plan to suit the interests of the target audience.
Hiring an advertising agency or an in-house employee
Understanding the differences between hiring an advertising agency or an in-house employee to deliver on your marketing outputs.
Company shares and shareholders
The advantages of selling shares in your company and the entitlements of an individual who buys shares.
Accepting online payments
How online payments work and how to set up a payment facility.
Reusing a company name after liquidation
Information on the legal restrictions that apply when you want to reuse a company name after liquidation.
Company liquidation
An overview of company liquidation including advice on both voluntary and compulsory liquidation.
Advantages and disadvantages of using cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency has advantages and disadvantages for businesses with a reduction in intermediary fees balanced against vulnerability to scams.
Find a bank to process your online payments
Finding acquiring banks that offer internet merchant accounts.
Selecting the best online payment option
Choosing between internet merchant accounts, payment-processing companies and online shopping malls.
Set up an internet merchant account
Internet merchant accounts and the issues to consider when setting them up.
Online payment jargon
The key concepts in online debit and credit card payments.
Choose an advertising agency
Choose an advertising agency that suits your business and that will help you achieve your goals.
What are shares?
What shares are and how they work.
Negotiate a contract with an advertising agency
What you should include in any formal arrangements your business makes with a new advertising agency including contract length, campaign details and objectives.
Sale and transfer of shares
Setting out the information required by law, what the business does and the price of shares in the company.
Types of shares
Ordinary, preference, cumulative preference and redeemable shares come with different conditions and rights.
Advantages and disadvantages of issuing shares in your company
There are business benefits of issuing shares in your company but you should also be aware of potential drawbacks.
Risk management process
Risk management process involves five crucial steps that can help you identify, assess and mitigate risks to your business