Introduction

 

The STER project is funded by the National Lottery Coronavirus Virus Community Fund. It offers participants online and offline entrepreneurial orientation, advice, guidance, support to turn ideas into actual businesses along with assistance towards registering commercial or non-governmental organisations. It caters for minority ethnic persons with moderate disabilities, over-50s, women, the unemployed from Dudley, Walsall, Wolverhampton and elsewhere who are interested in being supported.  

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Weekly training schedules - October 2020 to March 2021.

 

Weekly Topics

Aim of the Topics

Week 1 – Business Registration

The legal process of registering a business or charity.

Week 2 – Insurance

Various types of Insurance for business or charity.

Week 3 – Bank Account

Steps required to set up a Business Account.

Week 4- Registering with HMRC

Process of registering with HMRC.

Week 5- Employing People

Rules and Regulations for employing persons.

Week 6 – Data Protection

Private and Public Data access, protection and safeguards.  

Week 7 – Paying Taxes  

Personal and business taxes (PAYE & NI etc).

Week 8 – Business Rates  

Type of taxes paid on non-residential property.

Week 9 – Intellectual Property

Patents, trademarks and copyright protection remedies.

Week 10 – Trade Secret Protection

Procedures for the protection of secret trade information.

Week 11 – Business Planning

Types of business plans and the process of drafting them.

Week 12 – Marketing Agreements

Agreements with distributors, suppliers and other agents.

Week 13 – E-Commerce

Regulations on online trading in goods and services.

Week 14 – Advertising

Process of advertising goods and services.

Week 15 – International Trading

Information on rules and regulations on overseas trading.

Week 16 – Product Liability

Laws governing product liability and product safety.

Week 17 – Quality Control  

Monitoring systems, procedures and processes for firms.

Week 18 – Business Finance  

Funding that is available for businesses and charities.

Week 19 – The Funding Process

Dos & Don’ts of the funding application process.

Week 20 – Project Evaluation

Summative Evaluation of the STER Aftercare Provision.

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What our participants are saying.

 

 

“This is the third time I have been on GEDS’ training and I continue to learn more about the business start-up processes”, Caribbean Male.

 

“My business was helped by the GEDS Team and they were helpful and supportive and I want to continue getting the training I need to be the best I can”, British Female.

 

“I am a final year PhD student and even though I don’t have my own organisation, I came here to learn about the different aspects of business and industry”, Indian Female.

 

“I am trying to start my own firm and I know the STER training will give me the right tools to make it happen”, British South Asian Female.

 

“As an artist for the past 30 years, this programme will add to the information I need to understand different industry sectors”, East African Female.

 

 “Am glad be on this important programme; it will teach me a lot about my business especially the interaction with other participants”, British Caribbean Female.

 

“GEDS helped me to set up a candle-making business and now I want to use this training to develop long-term plans for my business”, British Mixed Heritage Female

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“I found the Business Registration course very information and refreshing; didn’t know that there was so much involved in getting your business up and running” African Male.  

 

Zoom  Training and Development

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