"I received a variety of valuable support from WBDA through 1 to 1 meetings, communication via email and over the telephone as well as having access to extensive resources via the WBDA website."

"The support ranged from helping to write a successful business plan to ordering the workload so that the most important tasks were approached early on."

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Support - Starting your business
 

Starting your business


Starting your business
with the West Midlands Women's Business Centre.

Not sure about what to do and where to go?

Business advisor from West Midlands Womens BusinessThere’s a whole range of services that are available to encourage you to consider becoming self-employed and to help you through the process of setting up your own business. 

We can offer you informal and informative Be Your Own Boss workshops in your area to give you the confidence to become an entrepreneur.

Formal training programmes for all stages of your business are also available includinga Marketing & Selling Workshop and Finance, Legal & Business Management Workshop plus a 2-day Imagining Growth Programme for existing businesses.

These are also available online as the Women's Enterprise Programme and an Imagining Growth programme.

The online training is flexible so you can access it anytime and anywhere and work through the topics that are relevant to you, your type and stage of business and your own personal and business experience. 

Are you worried about childcare? Or dealing with Inland Revenue? Or working by yourself? Have you got the right skills?  Have you got the right business idea? How will you manage the financial side of the business?

Online training - the benefits
There are so many questions to answer!
We can help!  Registering for the West Midlands Women's Businesss
Centre will give you access to an impressive array of online training that you can access where and when it suits you. You can also get access to networking forums and business advice to help you develop your ideas and business plans.

The Business Planning module gives an overall view of your business and how to plan it and draws on the research and work that you've done in the other modules.

A Business Advisor is just a click or a phone call away! Never be afraid to contact us at the West Midlands Women's Businesss Centre.



Sign up for womens business trainingSign up for online training


Register here and you can begin straight away, come back as often as you like and progress at your own pace.

Flexible training modules designed for women by women: tips, factsheets and templates take you through the complete business planning and growing process.

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