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For new and existing businesses

BBV offers a range of business development skills courses.  Contact us to discuss your requirements.  We can deliver courses as whole day (10am - 4pm) or half day (10am - 1pm or 1pm - 5pm or 5.30pm-8.30 pm).

Fees:

In house (maximum 15 delegates): £500 per full day, £300 per half day

At BBV premises: £95 per full day, £50 per half day per delegate

Sales and marketing

Course Description

Sales success for professionals who hate selling

Discover the secrets of selling, without cold-calling, prospecting, hard-selling or the latest ‘fads'.  Learn a detailed four step process for selling, and successful sales strategies.

Marketing for SMEs

Goals and objectives, marketing research and analysis, marketing strategy, the psychology of selling: why people buy.

Effective copywriting

How to write successful sales letters and advertisements that get responses.

How to thrive in today's competitive market

Discover how to attract more customers and keep them loyal to your business. Increase sales and build profits with a more focused and systematic approach to your marketing.

How to attract clients to your business like a magnet

An intensive course for business owners wanting to generate more leads, more clients and more profits.  Includes 3 essential business building principles, the 7 biggest mistakes most businesses make, how to profit from joint ventures, and many more successful marketing strategies.

Grow your customer base

Increase the number of customers you are selling to and create a marketing action plan, build your skills in marketing and sales, and gain practical support in finding customers.

Strategies for growing your business

 

 

 E-commerce

Course Description

Understanding the basics and planning your website

The worldwide web, the internet, domain names; finding your target audience; content planning; developing relationships with your customers.

Introduction to e-commerce

Merchant payments, promoting your website, e-commerce regulations

 

 Finance and funding

Course Description

Book-keeping

Learn how to maintain proper financial records simply, quickly and reliably.

Understanding your accounts

Profit and Loss accounts and Balance Sheets: why experienced business people consider them vital.  Learn about accounting procedures, so you can check your accountant's figures (or produce them yourself) to make better business decisions and assess any current or potential investments.

Paying your employees

Taking on new employees with and without a P45; what to do when an employee leaves; paying the Inland Revenue

Winning contracts

Understanding and making sense of contract notices; policies and procedures; tender check list.  The dos and don'ts of tendering.

 

Business skills

Course Description

Business planning

Reviewing your business plan; company structure; management systems; marketing plan; business strategy and future planning.

Networking skills

Find out how networking can help you build your business.  This workshop will give you tried and tested tools that can make a tangible difference to your bottom line.