Business: things you need to know Series

2nd Edition 2016 What people are saying about OWNING A BUSINESS  "It is one of THE most comprehensive 'how to' and 'go to' start up business books I have ever read. Not just start up in fact, many small business owners will find information in there that will undoubtedly be useful in growing their businesses.  'Owning a Business' has a considerable amount of up-to-date information crammed into this deceptively slim volume, for example: information about crowd funding which the reader might not have considered.  In summary: there is nothing left out, a very valuable purchase and must read. Buy it and TAKE ACTION!"  JENNIFER LINDLEY  Business Coach & Owner: Powerful People Performance  "The most relevant business start up and ownership book I have seen. In a few pages it reminds the reader of essential points and provides links to best practice. An excellent work. One to read before you start and to keep on the shelf for future reference."  CLIVE MARSH, Author  Financial Management for Non-Financial Managers: Kogan Page  Business and Financial Models: Kogan Page  THIS BOOK CONTAINS: Access to detailed information about starting and managing a small business;  Clear, concise guide to researching practical business matters;  Essential reading that refers to more than 70 online links to best business practice;  Achieving success: a checklist of key small business components;  Compact and straightforward overview of important business processes;  How to define and promote a small business to prospective customers and clients;  Provision of a brief, structured and innovative approach to identifying information and advice about starting and managing a small business. "This was an excellent read with good clear advice for a business owner setting up and establishing a business. In addition, the information given is so comprehensive that it could also form part of a Bank Manager's toolkit when dealing with commercial customers."  NIGEL BISHOP, Senior Business Consultant  "Succinct points and clear advice in a neat package. If you are setting up your business this book tells you clearly the issues you face and how to start dealing with them. Reading this business book in my second year of trading, it was very interesting to realise just how important it is to get the fundamentals right from the beginning. Great advice succinctly put, this guide sets out a clear framework, checklist and where to go next. It is useful for setting up any kind of business."  CATH TAJIMA-POWELL, Arts & Heritage Project Manager  "A very useful guide with lots of useful links to assist with research. I especially like the checklist at the back as there are so many things to consider when you are starting up a business that it's easy to miss key components."  KAYE CRITTELL, NEA Project Manager  Let's Do Business Group  "Essential reading for anyone who wants to start their own business."  CHARLOTTE ELFDAHL, Founder of Rockville Lampshades  Winner of 'Tomorrow's Business Builders Award 2013' 

"Full of excellent tips, tricks and resource suggestions for getting your therapy business off the ground." MARGARET TROWELL Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT) Co-ordinator. "A must have for therapists starting out in their career or experienced professional improving their current business. Often as a therapist you can focus too much on the needs of your clients and dismiss the business side of things but with the help of this book you can improve every aspect of your business, even the ones you may have never thought of.  A comprehensive well researched guide crammed full of useful tips and information relayed in a pragmatic structured format. An excellent source of information and reference for practitioner's throughout their careers. It could help any practitioner in the field of CAM, experienced business owner or not, this book is a must read." LAUREN ALLEN: International Federation of Aromatherapists. "Absolutely jam-packed with extremely useful information. An excellent handbook for complementary and alternative practitioners." Reader's review. "The only business guide health practitioners will ever need ... an extremely practical, down-to-earth, and go-to resource ... an impressive stand-by in terms of the thoroughly well-researched links to websites, which is both a feature and benefit of this guide."  JENNIFER LINDLEY  Business Coach & Owner: Powerful People Performance The aim of tis book is to give a general, brief, simple and straightforward overview of many of the main business processes that you need to know. It will also enable you to access detailed information by linking to selected websites. Even as the owner of an established health practice you will find yourself wanting to refer to it again and again. This manual was written in response to a need that Richard identified in the course of mentoring, and while managing a Natural Health Centre. The aim of the book is to give a general, brief, simple and straightforward overview of many of the main business processes that you need to know. It will also enable you to access detailed information by linking to selected websites.   Start by reading it without referring to the websites. Then return to the beginning and read it again, on a 'step by step' basis, this time linking to the detailed website information that is relevant to your business. THIS BOOK PROVIDES: Access to detailed information about starting and practice-managing the business of a Health Therapist and of a Practitioner of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM); A clear, concise guide to practical business matters for the use of Health Therapists and CAM Practitioners;  Strategies to promote the sale of health therapy and CAM services and products to clients;  Essential reading that refers to more than 150 online links to business, therapy and CAM websites; Help with achieving business success as a Health Therapist or a CAM Practitioner; A checklist of key small business components; A compact and straightforward overview of important business processes; A brief, structured and innovative method of identifying information and advice about starting and managing a health therapy and CAM business.