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Product Description Price

The Essential Business Guide

Now in its fourth edition, The Essential Business Guide contains more than 270 pages of practical and useful business information, designed so you can really make use of it.

Format: 280 pages, full-colour, tabbed sections, wirobound

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For bulk orders discounts, call 0191 461 8022

£24.95

Includes FREE delivery and a FREE copy of The Essential Start-up Guide

The Essential Start-up Guide

The perfect companion to The Essential Business Guide for someone starting a business in the UK. It contains information about the things you do at the very beginning of your enterprise journey, such as choosing a business name, registering your business, working out how much money you need to earn, and so on.

Format: 24-page, full-colour booklet

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£5.95

Includes FREE delivery and FREE when you order The Essential Business Guide

Thinking of Starting a Business

Helps you consider what makes a successful business start up. It shows the importance of having a clear vision and values and explains what skills you need. It also prompts you to think about what sort of business matches your personal circumstances and lifestyle.

Format: 52 pages, full-colour, illustrations, 12 worksheets and action plan

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£14.95

Includes FREE delivery

Planning and Starting Your Business

Guides you through the often overwhelming process of starting your own business. The straightforward text and integrated worksheets will help you understand how market research and marketing activity, sales forecasting and financial planning all fit together to create your own business plan.

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Format: 156-page, full-colour wirobound workbook with 34 worksheets

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£32.95

Includes FREE delivery

Understanding Your Business Finances

Ideal for anyone who is running or starting a business, the workbook provides expert guidance on everything from raising finance to managing money.

The workbook explores the three main financial reports: cash flow forecasts, profit and loss reports, and balance sheets. More importantly, it demonstrates how to use them to build and run a profitable business.

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Format: 118-page, full-colour wirobound workbook with 12 worksheets

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£28.95

Includes FREE delivery