Level 2 Starting your own business
Start Date
Sat Sep 07 2024
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Baltic Campus
Are you a budding entrepreneur with ambitions of setting up your own business? Then this course is ideal for you. It’s been designed for you to take those first steps in creating a business start-up, including the marketing, legal and financial requirements, plus you’ll gain an understanding of how to write a viable business plan.
Here in the North East there’s an ambition to grow the number of start-ups to
support our local economy, let us help you become one of
them.
All business start-ups need to focus on four key areas to ensure their business is a success and you’ll study each of these in detail:
Initial business start-up ideas
You’ll work on the pros
and cons of two different business ideas and then choose one to take forward,
considering the type of ownership and the skills and resources you will need to
set up your business.
Marketing
How you communicate with your customers and
how they view your brand is vital to its success. In this unit you’ll learn the
importance of identifying your potential target market and market research.
Plus, you’ll get creative developing a brand name, logo and promotional material
for your business.
Legal and financial considerations
Understanding all things numbers and legal are vitally important to a
business start-up and you’ll learn about HMRC and tax requirements including
VAT, cash flow forecasts, invoices and payment receipts. You’ll also
explore other legislation that may impact on your business such as employment,
health and safety, data protection and digital and copyright.
Developing a business plan
If you’ve ever watched
The Apprentice, you’ll understand the importance of a water-tight business plan
and how every detail of it needs to be considered. In this unit, you’ll
learn how to develop a robust and thorough business plan that not even Sir Alan
Sugar could reject.
As part of your overall study programme, you will also be required to attend Maths and/or English if you have not achieved a grade 4 or above in these subjects.
If you are interested in playing a sport, you will also be given the
opportunity to attend training sessions at our Academy for Sport and participate
in match games.
You'll also have the opportunity to interact and learn from some of the region's inspirational entrepreneurs who will share their experiences with you.
After completing the course, you may wish to progress onto our Level 3 Business Management programme, enter employment or an apprenticeship or set-up your business.
There are no exams on this course other than if you are studying maths and/or English.
Assessment comprises of a portfolio of evidence gathered through the completion of assignments and practical activities related to setting up a business start-up and producing a business plan.
This course is specifically designed for people aged 16-18 with 3 GCSEs in any subjects at a grade 4 or above, or equivalent.
Whatever support you need, we’re here for you and will make sure you get the
most out of your time at college.
We
have expert teams in place to look after every single one of our
students.
Our
specialist teams can help with:
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Learning difficulties
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Physical and sensory disabilities
- Dyslexia,
dyspraxia, neurodiversity or other specific learning
difficulties
- Mental
health and well being
- Exam
access arrangements
- Money,
finance and bursary advice
- Careers
advice, job and university applications
See
here for more information, pop into one of our enrolment events, call us
on 0191 490 4627.
