Online – Level 1 Business Start up & Self Employment

Online Event

Course Eligibility

  • The programme is NOT available in the following regions: Greater Manchester, Greater London, Liverpool, West and South Yorkshire, North of Tyne, Tees Valley, Cambridge and Peterborough, Bristol, Bath, Birmingham, The Black Country & Coventry. 
  • Learners must be over the age of 19 (20 before the end of the academic year/ 31st August). There is no upper age limit for any courses.
  • Must be unemployed and in receipt of a benefit (Proof will be requested to access funding).
  • Learners must have been resident within the UK for a minimum of 3 years. We can accept Asylum seekers if the learner has the correct Home Office Identification and access to Government Funds.
  • Must not be completing a funded course at this present time or currently in education/college.
  • Must have access to the correct identification to access funding.
  • Must not have completed a similar qualification at the same level or higher.
  • Learners MUST have access to a laptop or a computer with internet access to complete any of the remote courses. A phone or tablet will not suffice.

Course Description

Kick Off in Business is a free, fully funded, short online business start-up and self-employment
programme that can be enjoyed from the comfort of your own home. The courses are designed to
give you an insight and understanding of business start-up and self-employment to provide you with
the foundational skills should you wish to take this path now or some time in the future. We can also
support you if you have already started your business.

If you want to launch an airline, then you’ve come to the wrong place. We help the other 99.9% of
the start-up community who wish to set up a conventional business in an emerging or traditional
market. Our courses provide uncomplicated, useful information and guidance to anyone who is in
the process of setting up a business or simply just exploring the idea.

Course Qualifications:

  • Level 1 Award in Enterprising Skills and Employability (60054621)
  • Level 1 Award in Understanding Enterprise (60140513)

Key Topics Covered!

  • Skills, Characteristics & Personal Attributes
  • Formal Registration & Set Up
  • Legals & Insurances
  • Research & Business Planning
  • Money, Budgeting and Finance
  • Building a Proposition, Branding, Creating an Identity & Finding a USP
  • Social Media, Marketing & Online Promotion
  • Launch & Trading

Participants can also gain two enterprise qualifications and invaluable advice from business owners.

Trainers Info:

  • All of our trainers, run their own businesses.
  • 20 years self-employment history
  • Award winning

Course Benefits:

  • Learn how to start a business in a week
  • Programme delivers key start-up information whilst protecting people from info they don’t
    need to know
  • Delivered by business owners offering invaluable personal insight and knowledge alongside
    professional teaching and learning.
  • From a poll of 800 learners – they rated us 9.3/10

Course Overview

Course Start Date:
25/03/2024
Start Time:
09:00 AM
End Time:
04:00 PM
Course Duration:
1 Week
Difficulty Level:
entry
Registration Deadline:
04/03/2024
Induction Date:
Course Location:
Online Event

Registration has passed – if you cannot find a course currently, feel free to contact us

Course Location:
Online
Course ID:
Course Tags:
Business, Social Enterprise, Employablity,

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