Business plan up to scratch?Trace Technologies

 

We all know running a profitable growth business depends on robust planning. There are lots of tools and techniques businesses can use to create an effective business plan.

 

Effective business plans

  • Focus business managers on their objectives and the budget
  • Enable business managers to measure achievements against plan
  • Help identify resources required to achieve objectives
  • Focus employees on the direction of the business
  • Demonstrate to potential investors how serious you are about growing your business

Clearly the stakes are high for businesses that don’t plan effectively.

 

Business planning competition

 

If you think your business plan is up to scratch, why not enter this year’s Technium Challenge?

 

Technium Challenge is a business planning competition for high-tech and knowledge-based businesses.

 

Visit www.technium.co.uk/challenge to find out more about Technium Challenge UK and how to enter.

 

Portfolio businesses

 

As winners of Technium Challenge 2005/06, Trace Technologies relocated to state of the art innovation centre, Technium OpTIC. Finance Wales also recognised Trace’s growth potential from its business plan and structured a £600,000 syndicated deal with a xénos business angel and other private and institutional investors.

 

Swansea-based FauvelKhan entered Technium Challenge in 2008 and worked with commercial spin-out manager Barry Wanless. FauvelKhan’s business plan secured debt investment from Finance Wales to help it commercialise its product.

 

Find out more how an effective business planning can help your business secure investment, contact us.