start your own business

[Wxm 1,638]

does anyone know how easy it is to get grants to start your own business??

where can i find them?

 

i've been out of work 18months and need something ... ive got 5 flt licences yet cant seem to find anywhere.

so just looking at the idea of opening a shop / market stall of some sort.

 

[lord of the fens 23]

does anyone know how easy it is to get grants to start your own business??

where can i find them?

 

i've been out of work 18months and need something ... ive got 5 flt licences yet cant seem to find anywhere.

so just looking at the idea of opening a shop / market stall of some sort.

 

 

what you gonna sell?

[Wxm 1,638]

eaither diy stuff as i've found a really good wholesale or just sell everything like a bargin shop sort of thing

[clabby 14]

when i started my own business about a year and a half ago i was on the doal the job centre put me on a course and one of the options was to become self employed so i took it they gave me a allowence of £300 to set up. did a fat lot payed for advertising and a cupple traps. then my business adviser got mt to apply for the price of wales trust so i done that and i had a formal chat with some one and recived a grant for £1500 to kit my self out properly. i think you can only go threw the princes trust if you are under 25. other than that its just bank loans etc you can try take but you have to go through a load of shit and i coudent be arsed you have to give them your bussines plan what you think your income and expenditure will be how much profit and all that shit ware as with the princes trust i had support and its still there when i need it. hope that helps a little

 

http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/

 

clabby

[lord of the fens 23]

eaither diy stuff as i've found a really good wholesale or just sell everything like a bargin shop sort of thing

 

Why not open an ebay shop see if they sell on there.... before you spend money on a stall or shop.

[lord of the fens 23]

when i started my own business about a year and a half ago i was on the doal the job centre put me on a course and one of the options was to become self employed so i took it they gave me a allowence of £300 to set up. did a fat lot payed for advertising and a cupple traps. then my business adviser got mt to apply for the price of wales trust so i done that and i had a formal chat with some one and recived a grant for £1500 to kit my self out properly. i think you can only go threw the princes trust if you are under 25. other than that its just bank loans etc you can try take but you have to go through a load of shit and i coudent be arsed you have to give them your bussines plan what you think your income and expenditure will be how much profit and all that shit ware as with the princes trust i had support and its still there when i need it. hope that helps a little

 

http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/

 

clabby

 

you still doing that business then mate?

[clabby 14]

when i started my own business about a year and a half ago i was on the doal the job centre put me on a course and one of the options was to become self employed so i took it they gave me a allowence of £300 to set up. did a fat lot payed for advertising and a cupple traps. then my business adviser got mt to apply for the price of wales trust so i done that and i had a formal chat with some one and recived a grant for £1500 to kit my self out properly. i think you can only go threw the princes trust if you are under 25. other than that its just bank loans etc you can try take but you have to go through a load of shit and i coudent be arsed you have to give them your bussines plan what you think your income and expenditure will be how much profit and all that shit ware as with the princes trust i had support and its still there when i need it. hope that helps a little

 

http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/

 

clabby

 

you still doing that business then mate?

 

 

yep and i make enuoght to pay the bills and live comfortably.

[Wxm 1,638]

when i started my own business about a year and a half ago i was on the doal the job centre put me on a course and one of the options was to become self employed so i took it they gave me a allowence of £300 to set up. did a fat lot payed for advertising and a cupple traps. then my business adviser got mt to apply for the price of wales trust so i done that and i had a formal chat with some one and recived a grant for £1500 to kit my self out properly. i think you can only go threw the princes trust if you are under 25. other than that its just bank loans etc you can try take but you have to go through a load of shit and i coudent be arsed you have to give them your bussines plan what you think your income and expenditure will be how much profit and all that shit ware as with the princes trust i had support and its still there when i need it. hope that helps a little

 

http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/

 

clabby

 

you still doing that business then mate?

 

 

yep and i make enuoght to pay the bills and live comfortably.

 

 

and thats all i wont ... just sick of not doing anything ... i dont think it would hurt to try

[clabby 14]

when i started my own business about a year and a half ago i was on the doal the job centre put me on a course and one of the options was to become self employed so i took it they gave me a allowence of £300 to set up. did a fat lot payed for advertising and a cupple traps. then my business adviser got mt to apply for the price of wales trust so i done that and i had a formal chat with some one and recived a grant for £1500 to kit my self out properly. i think you can only go threw the princes trust if you are under 25. other than that its just bank loans etc you can try take but you have to go through a load of shit and i coudent be arsed you have to give them your bussines plan what you think your income and expenditure will be how much profit and all that shit ware as with the princes trust i had support and its still there when i need it. hope that helps a little

 

http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/

 

clabby

 

you still doing that business then mate?

 

 

yep and i make enuoght to pay the bills and live comfortably.

 

 

and thats all i wont ... just sick of not doing anything ... i dont think it would hurt to try

 

 

if u are still on the doal speak to your adviser and ask for info on going self employed. the prices trust are a lil slow to start with they will phone you to arrange a meeting its like a big group meating then you have 1 2 1s you tell em what you want to do etc but make take yer game/bussiness plan etc its no walk in the park doing all the paper work is a compleat head f**k after that its plain sailing well it is for me as i have help with my accounts off my missis parents just keep all recipts keep em in order and when it comes to sorting out your stuff for tax its less hassel i spend rufly 3 hours a week doing paper work and thats mainly sorting out dates and what equiptment i need and recipts etc. the job centre will give you an adviser but they are shit well mine wan

[andyfr1968 772]

It's a hell of a lot harder right now to secure a loan, never mind a grant. The Prince's Trust, Buisiness Link, Chamber Of Commerce etc. have all pretty much had their budgets killed off this last year or so for small start up's like your's.....

I'm in a similar situation to you, over the last three years and ploughing nearly 30 grand of my own cash into my own buisiness, I've tried and better tried to get a loan or a grant to help pay for a marketing budget. No joy, none of them wanted to know, no cash in the pot for little old me.....

I've just had to give away an equity share of my company to a marketing firm to move things on.

Unless you're starting some bullshit lesbian theatre group or some other PC crap you've little chance these days.

I'm sorry if I sound negative but that's just the way it is.

Give it a go though, you've nothing to lose and I really, REALLY hope you get a result.

Have a word with the job centre about getting a proper business plan put together, always helps.

 

Cheers.

Edited September 27, 2010 by andyfr1968

[Waz 4,293]

It's a hell of a lot harder right now to secure a loan, never mind a grant. The Prince's Trust, Buisiness Link, Chamber Of Commerce etc. have all pretty much had their budgets killed off this last year or so for small start up's like your's.....

I'm in a similar situation to you, over the last three years and ploughing nearly 30 grand of my own cash into my own buisiness, I've tried and better tried to get a loan or a grant to help pay for a marketing budget. No joy, none of them wanted to know, no cash in the pot for little old me.....

I've just had to give away an equity share of my company to a marketing firm to move things on.

Unless you're starting some bullshit lesbian theatre group or some other PC crap you've little chance these days.

I'm sorry if I sound negative but that's just the way it is.

Give it a go though, you've nothing to lose and I really, REALLY hope you get a result.

Have a word with the job centre about getting a proper business plan put together, always helps.

 

Cheers.

 

Bout 12 year ago spoke to the Princes trust, I was just about the upper age I think. They would have loaned me some money if I jumped through hoops, and ive never been one to borrow anything. So in the end just started very small and part time after my day job, got there in the end, maybe took 6 or 8 months longer than if id borrowed the money, but a valuable 6 - 8 months. Looking back I wouldnt have done much different.

[chimp 299]

business link do a sort of small grant to help you get started , think they give you £200 a month or summin

[Wxm 1,638]

cheers for all the input ... what i think may work best is try my hardest to get a job and do some sort of the same steps as GD waz, by doing it after work ... just so i know i got pennys coming in anyway ... maybe to close to xmas to start something as i dont really have a great deal of money to put in to it at the min ... and what i do have will go on a good xmas ... but its defo something im going to look into

[coursing mad 5]

dragons den

 

[craigyboy 1,274]

It's a hell of a lot harder right now to secure a loan, never mind a grant. The Prince's Trust, Buisiness Link, Chamber Of Commerce etc. have all pretty much had their budgets killed off this last year or so for small start up's like your's.....

I'm in a similar situation to you, over the last three years and ploughing nearly 30 grand of my own cash into my own buisiness, I've tried and better tried to get a loan or a grant to help pay for a marketing budget. No joy, none of them wanted to know, no cash in the pot for little old me.....

I've just had to give away an equity share of my company to a marketing firm to move things on.

Unless you're starting some bullshit lesbian theatre group or some other PC crap you've little chance these days.

I'm sorry if I sound negative but that's just the way it is.

Give it a go though, you've nothing to lose and I really, REALLY hope you get a result.

Have a word with the job centre about getting a proper business plan put together, always helps.

 

Cheers.

bang on mate if i were you mate and your thinking of a shop id do what someone else has already suggested and open an ebay shop,theres no overheads and in this day and age you'l get more people visiting your ebay shop than you would visiting your high st shop atb and good luck whatever you decide