Starting Your Business with Business Gateway

Whatever stage you are at with your business plan - even if you don't have one yet you can come and speak to us.

You will find a wealth of information on all aspects of starting up and running a business on the Business Gateway website, including choosing your legal status, legislation surrounding your sector and laws surrounding tax, insurance and employing staff.

What is the next step?

Start progressing your plans by logging on to Business Gateway to complete a Start Up Action Plan and book a place at one of our Business Start Up Seminars.

Business Start Up Seminars

These events take a detailed look at all the main areas of business start-up and how to approach your business plan. Each seminar aims to be informative and detailed, combining useful information and advice with practical examples of new business experiences.

The following events are delivered as part of the Business Gateway service:

• Start Up Awareness Seminar
• Workshop - Business Planning
• Workshop - Resource Planning
• Workshop - Marketing
• Workshop - IT for Business
• Workshop - Book Keeping
• Workshop - Introduction to VAT
• Workshop - Becoming Self Employed
• Workshop - Self Assessment For the Self Employed
• Women into Business
• Workshop - Meet the Advisor

Workshop schedules for the next 3 months:

• Grampian Course Schedule
• Tayside Course Schedule