Townsend Consultancy Ltd

 

  

Setting up a Consultancy Business

What you need to know to get started

£99.00 (plus VAT) for this one day course

 

This one day course has been especially designed to provide all the guidance you need if you are  seriously considering setting up a consultancy business.  This bespoke course offers a unique opportunity to learn about the consultancy market from Townsend Consultancy Ltd, an educational consultancy company that has rapidly developed an expanding network of clients located throughout the UK.

 

Course Outline

 

Getting Started – What is your business idea?  Who are you planning to sell to and how will you reach this market? 

 

Location - Where will your business operate from and what will you require in terms of equipment, security, data protection, support to enable your business to run smoothly?

 

The Financial and legal requirements - What are the financial and legal requirements for your business?  This course will cover a range of options so that you can be better informed about the decisions that you make.

 

Record Keeping – what records will you need to keep for HMRC?  How will you store these records and for how long?

 

Insurance – what insurance will be required?

 

CRB's for education consultants - make sure these are always up to date

  

Marketing – This course will assist you in designing your very own marketing strategy and materials so that you will be able to start promoting your new business to an appropriate audience.  Find out what is important when designing a website and learn about other methods of on-line marketing, the value of social networking.

 

Membership of organisations - Useful organisations that can help you to grow your business.

 

Keeping up to date – the need to remain up to date and ways of doing this

 

Finding work and getting known – ways of establishing new contacts and finding new work.

 

Bidding for work – where to find bidding opportunities and tips for success

 

Setting your fees – how to decide your rates of pay (by the hour or the day), consultancy agreements, charging policies, and invoicing clients, procedures for following up late payments