Business Start Up and Digital Promotion
If you know what you want to do, or even have an existing business you want to grow, we can help you achieve your vision. From finance to social media marketing, this course will cover all the essentials of setting up a business on your own terms.
Online flexible course, with real human connection
100% free
Eight week, term-time duration
Fits in around busy mum life
Nationally accredited with a qualification at the end
Friendly weekly webinars delivered by a trainer, live with no ai or pre-recordings
One-to-one support available
Bespoke material for parents
Build a support network and meet other creative mums launching their business
What We’ll Cover:
- Understanding different business ownership, structures, aims, and objectives.
- A step-by-step guide to starting and building your business including financial requirements like profit and loss
- Your values, and your personal or business brand
- Using marketing to gain customers and digital promotion
- How to use social media to engage with your target market
- How to price your product or service, and make a profit
- Business policies and procedures to stay organised
- Understanding cash flow, profit and loss
- Managing a business around your family and a sprinkling of confidence techniques to be your own boss
- Mastering your elevator pitch
Studying for success on this course
- 8 weeks, delivered term time
- 1-1.5 hour weekly webinar during term time. Starting at 10am on a set regular day of the week, but never on a Friday. Your specific day will be confirmed when you sign up.
- 15-20 hours of self-guided study per week, with weekly assignments and weekly challenges
- 1 dedicated trainer that will support you all the way through your course and beyond
- 1 dedicated assessor for that extra touch
- You’ll need a business or business idea to work on during the course
Possible career paths from this course
There are lots of exciting opportunities to be your own boss and have your own business.
Possible careers could look like this: Self-Employed Business Owner, Online Seller, Amazon Marketplace Seller, Freelance Virtual Assistant, Home-Based Business Owner, E-Commerce Roles, Hairdresser, Beautician, Childminder.
You will need a business or business idea to work on during this course. We’ll be with you as you launch and secure your first customers.
“I didn’t just leave with a certificate, it set me up for success with my business, as well as making lasting friendships and networking connections too.”
Justine
Successful outcomes
When you complete this course you’ll also gain a recognised qualification for your CV: Level 2 Certificate in Business.
At the end of your course, we’ll make sure you have at least one of the following successful outcomes:
- An up and running business with your first customers
- Can progress to another suitable course – with us or another provider
- Or are signposted according to your new career path
Equipment for success
To study, you’ll need a laptop or computer. Your webinar will take place on Zoom and your learning and assignments will use the educational platform “Equal”. This doesn’t work well on a phone or an iPad, so a laptop or computer is best.
If you receive benefits and are registered with a Work Coach at a Job Centre, they’ll be able to put in a request to help with your access to a laptop. It’s best to do this as soon as possible before you start your course.
You’ll need access to Zoom – a free account is absolutely fine. All you need is an email address to get started.
our Pre-requisites
This is not a repeat of school and there are no set requirements. The nature of what we do for parents means it may have been some time since you did any learning, or you may think you don’t have any qualifications at all.
We run a very basic appraisal with you, designed to help us know which of our courses will work the best for you. It may be best for you to do more than one course with us to help you on your career path. And for some of our courses that help you gain level 3 qualifications, it may be better for you to complete one of our level 2 qualifications first.
For our start up business course, you will need a refined business idea or existing business of your own to work on.
We offer several progression pathways to help you get to where you want to be. We’ve helped over 12,000 mums back to work or start a business and we can help you too.
Additional support needs
There is space on your application to tell us about any additional support you may need. We’re happy to support learners and there are many things we can do to achieve this. It will depend on each learner’s circumstances and we would prefer to discuss with you as part of your onboarding process.
“Having run projects and big accounts in agencies, I thought I knew a decent amount about business. But there was a lot in the course that was new and incredibly useful – business plans, creating and reading a P&L. Foundational things I had never had to do for myself.”
Gala
