samuelson - financial crsis

the bankruptcy of modern economics

case study material

http://www.thetimes100.co.uk/index.php

potarts cashflow game

online cashflow game

accounting and finance presentations - tutor2u

cashflow presentation

all finance presentations

all finance notes

starting a business - toolkit

online resources aimed to help potenial entrepreneurs develop their concepts

finance introduction

introduction to finance presentation

ocr business studies: basic links

ocr business studies home page

specification

sample assessment material

old specification documents

business planning

Resources Available to help new start ups plan ahead:



Banks:
The main high street banks all provide specialist support to start-ups to help produce a business plan.

HSBC - A particularly good and free online business planning application.
Barclays Bank
Lloyds TSB
Bank of Scotland
RBS


Government sources:
Business Link - The Government-funded agency provides comprehensive guidance on the business planning process - highly recommended



Media:

The Sunday Times - business start up homepage
5 part introduction:

1. success is in the planning
3. Grow your market on a small budget
4. Survival guide to red tape
5. Growing pains and big dreams
   
   

Other sources:
Many commercial organisations that deal with start-ups and small businesses provide advice on business planning: e.g.
BT


Websites dedicated to small business are also active in this area: e.g.
Startups
SmallBusiness
ByteStart

entrepreneurs - starting a business from home

with the home office more and more effective ENTERPRISE NATION has a range of case studies on home startups

starting a business - superjam

superjam video profile of a business start-up

place issues - distribution

stocking britain

the box homepage - bbc tracks a container in a global market

river of supply

ships crossing the channel

air traffic over britain

britain from above

social - economics aspects of Britain from an unusual perspective

http://www.bbc.co.uk/britainfromabove/

dragons den

home page (bbc)

latest episode

starting a business - case studies

PETMEDS CASE STUDY
Source of business idea -
change in legislation allowing pet owners the freedom to choose where they get their pet prescriptions supplied
Importance of cash flow forecasting and management -
the danger of overtrading if sales rise too rapidly
The workload challenge faced by entrepreneurs -
Ricky had to cut his honeymoon short in order to handle the work (not a good move!)
Strong competition -
a start-up business plan should always assume that the competition will be harder to beat than first thought. This caused Petmeds to sell “loss-leaders” do they could attract orders
Start-up losses -
£80,000 in the first few months
Employing people -
getting high quality people to support the business (e.g. advisers) takes some of the workload off the entrepreneur

petmeds article (the times)

petmeds homepage


FRUITFUL OFFICE CASE STUDY

fruitful office article (telegraph)

fruitful office homepage


WEEK 2 PREP 08/09/2008

produce a summary of the challenges facing the FRUITFUL OFFICE entrepreneurs using the links below. Your report should have 5 sections like the one on PETMEDS. Give more detail than the PETMEDS exampl.

ocr business studies: basic links

ocr business studies home page

specification