Louth Craftmark - Start Your Own Craft or Creative Business Training Programme

The Start Your Own Craft or Creative Business Programme has been designed to address the needs of those wishing to start their own business in a craft or creative media, or those who have recently started trading.

Aim

It is aimed at providing practical support, advice and guidance in a broad range of business areas with a specific emphasis on the needs of creative enterprises.
This will enable participants to gain a working knowledge of how to set up a business and / or to manage an existing business.

Benefits

What the programme offers:

• How suited are you to run your own business?

• Help you develop a business plan for your own business.

• Introduction to a broad range of business issues facing all those who start and run their own business

• A Business Advisory Service, which provides one to one support to assist you in the development of your business idea.

• A financial planning service which will highlight potential sources of funding and eligibility towards further assistance, such as grants, low interest loans and equity.

Content:

• Enterprise & Self Employment

• Market Research

• Who wants to be an Entrepreneur

• Taxation

• Finance & Book-keeping

• Marketing

• Sales and Sales Plans

• Cash Flow Projections

• Legal Implications

• Business Plan Preparation.

Cost:

€100 per participant to include course material.  Assistance towards the cost of the course may be provided by your local Partnership or the Dept. Social, Community & Family Affairs.

Start Your Own Craft or Creative Business Training Programme Schedule 2008

Dundalk

Dates:                
Thursday 25th September
Thursday 2nd October
Thursday 9th October
Thursday 16th October
Thursday 23rd October
Thursday 30th October
Thursday 6th November
Thursday 13th November

Time:                9.30-12.30pm          

Location:          Quayside Business Park Mill St Dundalk

To apply for this course please complete the attached booking form and return to the following contact details:

Peggy McGlynn or Sarah Daly,
Louth County Enterprise Board, Quayside Business Park, Mill St. Dundalk, Co. Louth.

Tel:  042 932 7099         Fax:  042 932 7101                 E-mail:  info@lceb.ie   W:  www.lceb.ie