Kick Off in Business – business start-up and self employment online courses

A free-to-access one-week online programme to help you start a business or become self-employed in England.

Who it’s for

Adults over the age of 19 interested in exploring self-employment or starting a business.

The programme is not available in the following regions: Greater Manchester, Greater London, Liverpool, West and South Yorkshire, North East, Tees Valley, Cambridge and Peterborough, Bristol and Bath.

What you can get

A one-week course designed to help you explore self-employment and start a business. It supports people at all stages of starting up, including people who have begun trading.

Topics covered include:

  • grants and loans
  • tax and expenses
  • business planning
  • creating your offer
  • selling your products or services

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

Courses run online every week, visit the website to register your place.

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Published 24 April 2018
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