Kick Off in Business – business start-up and self employment online courses

A free-to-access short online programme to help you start a business or become self-employed in England.

From:
Department for Business and Trade
Published
24 April 2018
Last updated
5 November 2024 — See all updates
Type of support:
Expertise and advice and Recognition awards
Business stage:
Not yet trading and Start-ups (1-2 years trading)
Industry:
Agriculture and food, Business and finance, Construction, Education and Health
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Hospitality and catering, IT, digital and creative, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Mining, Real estate and property, Science and technology, Service industries, Transport and distribution, Travel and leisure, Utilities providers, and Wholesale and retail
Number of employees:
0 to 9 employees and 10 to 249 employees
Region:
East Midlands, Eastern, North West, South East, South West and Yorkshire and the Humber

Who it’s for

Adults over the age of 19 interested in exploring self-employment or starting a business.

The programme is not available in the following regions: Greater Manchester, Greater London, Liverpool, West and South Yorkshire, North East, Tees Valley, Cambridge and Peterborough, Bristol and Bath.

What you can get

A short course designed to help you explore self-employment and start a business. It supports people at all stages of starting up, including people who are within the first year of trading.

Topics covered include:

  • grants and loans
  • tax and expenses
  • business planning
  • creating your offer
  • selling your products or services

Participants can also gain two enterprise qualifications and invaluable advice from business owners.

Courses run online every week, visit the website to register your place.

Learners who have completed the Kick off in Business course have the option to progress onto further courses focussing on digital promotion and digital skills.

Find out more

Updates to this page

Published 24 April 2018
Last updated 5 November 2024 + show all updates

  1. Course length references changes from 'one-week' to 'short'

  2. New areas added and content updated.

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  4. First published.

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