The RCT Source

Business in Focus can provide all the business start up advice and help you need as well as support to grow your business.  This Welsh Government funded start up advice service is available throughout Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Swansea and the Vale of Glamorgan 

Training for Business

A free 3 hour workshop (a.m. or p.m.) which provides an overview of what is required to start a business and helps you to decide if self-employment is right for you. 

Taking the Plunge

Areas covered -

• Understand the pros and cons of being your own boss
• Assess your personal skills
• Understand the legal aspects of starting a business
• Understand the key tasks needed to start a business
• Find out how to put a basic business plan in place
• Discover other available networks of support and how to source finance

Many of the Welsh Government Business Start-up services we provide are free of charge. We can also signpost trading businesses to the Welsh Government Business Wales service.

For further information or to book a place on this course, please contact Jill Gorin:

Tel: 01443 841842    Email: JillG@businessinfocus.co.uk

If you are starting a business, Business Wales can help you set up, from developing your ideas, teaching basic business startup skills, and expanding your potential. 

If you have an idea that you want to develop into a business, we can help you get started and improve your chances of success.

You can access a range of services from Welsh Government to help you start and grow your business, including:

• locally run introduction sessions to get you thinking about running your own business
• a range of business skills workshops to help you build and plan your business
• face to face advice surgery sessions with professional business advisers
• ongoing one to one business advice to develop your business idea and support you once you have started trading
• enhanced support to help if you have a business with the potential to grow and employ staff
• information on the sources of finance

Call us on 03000 6 03000

http://business.wales.gov.uk/

Starting your own business can be a big challenge but with good support it doesn’t have to be as daunting as you might think. It's not all plain sailing though and you need to fully consider the risks - only one in three business start ups in the UK succeed in the first three years of business. So it is vitally important that you do your research and get some help before taking this step.

Help is available from RCT Business Support Team

If you are considering starting up your own business you can access a wide range of support whether you already have a business in mind or would like to discuss your ideas.  If you are looking for support why don't you attend one of our workshops where you can access advice on:

• Grant support
• Access to a free business advisory service
• Membership of the Rhondda Cynon Taf Business Club (free to start-up’s)
• Business events
• Commercial property finder service
• Tendering advice

The team can be contacted on 01443 495169
or email invest@rctcbc.gov.uk

Or by post:

Rhondda Cynon Taf Council
Regeneration & Planning Division
Sardis House
Sardis Road
Pontypridd
CF37 1DU

Business Advice - Starting a New Business