Don’t be intimidated by what you do not know. With the key business know-hows and the drive to learn, you are more than prepared to start or scale a business
Where to Start and What to Expect?
The idea of starting a business can be daunting – here is a start up guide by KMPG which gives a comprehensive overview on what to expect!
Want to take your business skills to the next level? Goldman Sachs’ 10,000 Women series of courses is a free-to-access online business program covering all aspects of running a business – offering practical education and interactive activities from entrepreneurship experts
If you need inspiration on how to grow your venture, check out our Inspiration section
Idea Generation
To assess if entrepreneur is right for you and whether your idea works
Business Plan
Understand what a business plan is and how to build one
Business / Finance Fundamentals
Demystifying the key numbers and metrics in the business
Finances
Help with managing business finances
- BBB’s guide to making the most of your business bank account
- BBB’s guide to how to deal with late payments
- BBB’s business insurance 101
- HMRC Tax e-learning for starting your own business
- HMRC Self-employed Business Expenses
- HMRC Becoming an employed
- HMRC Investment Schemes
- BBB’s guide to making the most of the temporary VAT reduction
- BBB’s guide to managing staffing costs during the coronavirus crisis
- Barclays – 7 step plan to conquering cashflow
- NatWest – guide to creating a cashflow forecast
- What is overdraft by BBB
- BBB answering how to avoid late account filing penalties
- BBB’s guide to making tax digital
- BBB’s guide on business credit score
Legal
Legal templates to help you set up and run the business
Admin / Day-to-Day Operations
All the resources you need to help with the smooth day to day operation of a business
Leadership
Inspiration on how to be a better leader
- BBB’s guide to managing mental health and wellbeing
- BBB’s 5 things you should be doing to lead your business through coronavirus
- UBS Women Forum – Five top tips on building your personal brand
- UBS Women Forum – Negotiation skills and how to apply them in a business and personal context
- UBS Women Forum – How to command respect in business
Managing Your Financial Well-Being
Learn how to shape your wealth with UBS
First, how financially confident are you?
Life can be full of surprises. Be prepared for the great adventure that is your life. Find out how best to achieve your financial goals as a woman. Complete a quick self-assessment to discover your financial confidence type and receive some tailored guidance to help you get started. Take the test here.
The UBS Women Forum series has insights on financial wellbeing, from negotiation skills to building a sustainable business to talking to your partner about money – a series of podcasts, articles and special guest features on getting the most from your life and finances. Below are our picks:
- Women’s Wealth 2030: parity, power and purpose – a UBS report looking at how transformational the 2020s will be for women’s wealth
- Money Couples: collaboration on finances – learn techniques for exploring financial conversations with your partner and unlocking the more challenging aspects of these, part of the UBS Women Forum series
Scaling Up
Preparing your business for growth
- BBB’s guide to reviewing your business plan
- BBB’s guide to reforecasting in uncertain times
- BBB’s guide to exporting to new markets
- BBB’s guide to selling your business
- KPMG’s guide to Going Global
- KPMG’s road to exiting your business
- Five essential ways to keep sustainability at the heart of your business – in conversation with UBS
- ELITE’s Digital Compass to assess your business’ growth potential and pinpoint relevant insights and opportunities
Continuous Learning
- The Funding Gap: investors and female entrepreneurs – a UBS report exploring the challenges and opportunities for female entrepreneurs with accessing funding and the opportunities for investors
- BBB’s research on finance market – reports covering the state of UK equity and debt funding markets across funding stages
- Backing women in business – why gender-smart investing is today’s megatrend, an article by UBS
- Gender Smart Investing Summit 2020 – want to know more about gender smart investing? Watch highlights from the Gender Smart Investing Summit 2020, by the founding partner UBS