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Writing a Business Plan

(22 reviews)
by Chris Bruce

This course will help you to create a well-constructed business plan that enables decision makers to better understand the potential project and helps you to ensure the idea and the finances make sense. Discover the role of the accountant in writing an effective business plan.

£100+vat
4 CPD hours
120 days' access

This course will enable you to

  • Explain what a business plan is
  • Understand the role of accountants in writing a business plan
  • Outline the essential components of a business plan
  • Structure and format a business plan
  • Write the financial section
  • Consider relevant external business factors
  • Ensure consistency and accuracy in your business plan
  • Use your plan as a benchmark for success

About the course

Successful businesses and investors will have a good track record in determining not only which projects are funded through to completion, but also those that aren't taken forward. One key tool in the decision-making process is the business plan.

This course will help you to create a well-constructed business plan, complete with all the key elements, that enables decision makers to better understand the potential project and helps you to ensure the idea and the finances are fully thought through. You will also gain an understanding of how the business plan can be used as a benchmark to track the success of the project. Discover the role of the accountant in writing an effective business plan.

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Chris Bruce

Managing Director of Better & Better Ltd, a consultancy providing "business advice and project implementations" to a range of organisations from start-ups through to multinational corporations.

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Smith J
19 Nov 2025
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Smith J
19 Nov 2025
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Smith J
19 Nov 2025
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