WBDA - the Women’s Business Development Agency - breaking down barriers for women in business.

Thinking of starting a business, or are you are some stage of your business development? Looking for new ways of working and living? Have you got what it takes to be your own boss? Need some help getting there?

The Women’s Business Development Agency can give you that helping hand along the road to success whatever stage you are at. If you are based in the West Midlands and are involved in female enterprise then there's something that we can offer you!

Many women encounter more and often different barriers in comparison to their male counterparts when starting a business enterprise. Such obstacles include the level and quality of advice, training and support required and low levels of confidence or self-esteem.

Advice is available on all aspects of starting a new business, including business planning, market research, raising finance, legal advice and much more. We’ll take you step by step through the process of developing and writing your business plan, right up to the exciting launch stage, and beyond.

Our free and confidential Business Advisory service is available to women living in the Coventry and Warwickshire area, and online throughout the West Midlands. 

WBDA offers a range of free, expert and innovative training courses for aspiring and existing businesswomen. All our courses are professionally run by highly qualified trainers, but are also relaxed and enjoyable and provide the opportunity to meet other women like you.

These are a selection of the workshops and programmes we offer:

Planning For Your Business
This workshop helps you identify the skills, knowledge and information required to successfully plan a business…A Business Plan is exactly what is says it is: a plan of your business! It’s nothing to be scared about, but you will need to put down on paper everything you plan for your business. And it doesn’t matter what stage of your business you are at. It’s a working document and even if you have one, then it’s worth revising it.

Marketing
You won't have a business without a market or without a customer! You need to know all about your market, your customer and what and how they are prepared to buy which products and services. How do you get your message to your potential customer? It's a complex area, but you need to understand all the basics of your product or services and this is where WBDA can help! This workshop will help you understand what marketing is all about and what it means for your business.

Making Finance Simple
Are you any good at managing your own money? Well it's no good having a brilliant product and a target market that you can reach effectively if you can't manage the money to produce and sell it, and you can't manage systems and people to produce it and get it the customer! You need to be able to cost and price your product or service so you cover your production costs and make a profit. Your pricing strategy needs to fit your market place, your competitors and the product life cycle. So WBDA has put together this workshop to teach you all you need to know about finance to help you start and grow your business.

Imagining Growth (2-Day)
If you've been trading for more than 12 months then this 2-day programme will help you 'grow'- in which ever way growth means to you! It might mean working smarter not harder; it might mean going from part-time to full-time; it might mean taking on staff; it might mean growing an empire! Whichever! This programme is deigned to help you with the growth of your business.

Contact WBDA
To find out more about our face-to-face workshops or to make an appointment with one of our qualified Business Advisors, please call 02476 236 111, email WBDA or check out the WBDA website.