TRAINING OVERVIEW

These structured training programmes, funded by Scottish Enterprise Forth Valley and delivered by Falkirk Enterprise Action Trust (FEAT), are available, free of charge, to anyone planning to start a business, or trading for less than 12 months, in Falkirk district. The courses run monthly and are delivered by experienced tutors with inputs from external speakers. As well as benefiting from participation in group sessions, the programmes provide ample opportunity for those attending to discuss their business idea on a one-to-one basis with advisors.

Course objectives:

• To build your confidence in your idea
  
• To emphasise the importance of finding and looking into your market
  
• To develop and promote your customer and selling skills
  
• To assist you in making best use of the money available to you
  
• To make you aware of the network of business advice available to you
  
• To assist you in completing a sound business plan
  
  

Course content:

Course introduction and registration (half-day)
Personal profiling
Marketing the business
Introduction to marketing on the Internet
Financial viability
Promoting the business
Book keeping

Visiting speakers
Action Planning
Introduction to computers in business
Computer applications in business

Participants in the programme can also enrol for the following
e-commerce’ courses:
(N.B. fees and entry requirements, may apply)

• Introduction to the Internet
  
• Introduction to e-mail
  
• Introduction to web page creation
  
• Internet search techniques
  
• Web site design
  
• Web site maintenance
  
• First steps into e-commerce
  
• European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)
  
• Computerized accounting
  
  

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