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Learn how to identify and overcome common challenges and pitfalls when growing your business, with practical advice to support growth.

A quick list of common start-up business mistakes which new businesses owners can make and how to avoid them.

Benefits of business continuity planning and its role in helping your business cope with possible disasters.

Making unwise staff hiring choices can seriously undermine the success of your start-up business.

How to test a business continuity plan to find out if it will work to protect your business when disaster strikes.

Guidance on how you can avoid poor stock and asset management on in the early days of running your new business

Avoid cashflow problems related to starting up such as poor supplier contracts or customer credit arrangements

Analyse and monitor your business competition to stay ahead by understanding their strategies, anticipating market trends and adapting your plans accordingly.

Being over-optimistic about your market size and potential overtrading can be problematic for new businesses.

Lack of capital, contingency plans and a reluctance to seek professional advice are all potential start-up problems

How to write a business continuity plan, what to include and why should you carry out business continuity planning.

How to reduce potential threats to your business by taking preventive measures and purchasing insurance.

Understand the importance of analysing the likelihood and the effects of a crisis on your business.

Understand the different types of crises your business could face, and the role of crisis management in preventing disruption.

Conduct thorough market research and get to know your clients when you start-up in business.

What is a business continuity plan, how to create it, and steps to follow to keep your business operating following an incident.

Learn about the most frequent mistakes made by new business owners so you can avoid them in your start-up journey

Support available for people who want to become social entrepreneurs or are currently running a social enterprise

The rules and procedures you must follow to become a community interest company

Charitable purposes, features of charities, governing documents and registration

Community benefit societies explained, including registration costs, asset locks and applying for charitable status

An overview of trusts, charitable trusts, the trust deed, asset locks and development trusts

How to operate and organise an unincorporated association, and decide whether it suits your needs.