Business Basics Getting Started

Schedule

Tue Jan 20 2026 at 10:00 am to 01:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Wigan Library | Wigan, EN

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This workshop covers the essential ‘nuts and bolts’ of starting up and running a successful enterprise.
About this Event

To help us speed up the registration process before the day, if you haven’t already completed a Build a Business registration form, please could you do so by clicking this link also.

https://formbuilder.evolutive.co.uk/formsite/form/b501b384-7171-4793-91b2-65cf83140233

Completion of this form is in addition to registering via Eventbrite and takes less than a minute to complete.


This workshop covers the essential ‘nuts and bolts’ of starting up and running a successful enterprise, including:

• Legal structures – self-employed, limited company etc.

• Business planning & Business Model Canvas

• Start up business models

• Costs, Cashflow, Finance and Tax

• Pricing

And more…

This session is one of the modules in the Build A Business in GM Libraries core workshop programme.

To join this workshop, you or your business needs to have a postcode within the following GM authorities: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Manchester, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford or Wigan.

You also need to be:

The owner of a business.

OR

An aspiring entrepreneur with a business idea you want to develop.

Please note: These are fully funded programmes. Failure to attend on two separate occasions without prior cancellation will result in you being barred from attending future workshops. This is due to the cost of setting up each workshop and preparing based on the number of sign-ups.

Build a Business in GM Libraries is part funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and managed by Manchester City Council.

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Wigan Library, The Wiend, Wigan, United Kingdom

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