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Business Start-up Diploma Level 3
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Our Business Start-Up Level 3 Diploma will provide you with the knowledge and skills required to start and establish your own business. This course offers expert advice to anyone hoping to start their own business, or those considering a career in business consultancy.
Business Start-up Diploma Level 3
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About This Course
Do you have a great business idea you want to put into action? Perhaps you’ve always dreamt of working for yourself instead of someone else. If so, this course could be the ideal starting point for you.
The aim of this course is to equip you with a sound foundation of skills and knowledge you can use to not only launch your business, but to run it successfully on a daily basis.
You will learn how to research your market and competitors, analyse your strengths and weaknesses, and the fundamentals of marketing your product or services. Discover the importance of customer service and how to meet their needs and expectations. Study essential business concepts such as project management, creating a business plan, and how to manage your finances.
Enrol on this course today and gain the confidence you’ll need to take your business from an idea to a reality.
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Complete Business Management
Total cost if courses bought separately: £1,170
Course Benefits
This course will:
- Provide the practical advice you’ll need to start your own business
- Give you the confidence you need to make your business dreams a reality
- Learn the essential operational procedures you need to make your business a success
- Enable you to study on your own terms – no classrooms, no strict deadlines and no exams
Course Units
- Unit 1: Categorise And Understand Your Business Objective
- Unit 2: Researching The Market
- Unit 3: Registering Your Business
- Unit 4: Business Planning
- Unit 5: Creating a Business Plan
- Unit 6: Being Efficient/Managing Operations
- Unit 7: Expansion and Common Issues
Assessment
You’ll submit a series of written assignments that are designed to test your knowledge of the course materials. This course is assessed using our latest AI-assisted marking system, giving you feedback up to three times faster than traditional tutor marking, with clear and structured guidance to help you improve, and full access to our human support team whenever you need extra help.
Just submit your work to get your detailed feedback. No external examinations are required.
Required Knowledge
No previous knowledge is required to enrol onto this course.
Awarding Body
Upon successful completion of this course, you will receive certification from National Institution of Qualifications (NIOQ).
This course has been designed to meet the requirements of specific learners or employers. It is endorsed by National Institution of Qualifications, meaning the course has undergone external quality checks to ensure that they are maintained and delivered to an excellent standard.
National Institution of Qualifications are a national certificating organisation. Endorsement of our courses ensures learners have access to high quality materials that cover all learning outcomes, helping them to achieve their potential.
Support
From our comprehensive study guide and course materials to our expert student support team, on hand whenever you have a question; from day one we will go above and beyond to help you succeed in your studies. With twelve months of support, you have the option of completing in as little as three months, or using the full twelve months.
Our team are readily available to lend you their advice and guidance for the duration of your course.
Only one click away, you can trust that help will be there when you need it…
Frequently Asked Questions
This is a question that our team are often asked, there are many reasons but here are the main reasons to choose Association of Learning:
- No hidden charges, the price you see includes everything, from marking, to certification.
- Our average marking time is 3 working days (most providers are 10+).
- Our customers have rated us ‘Excellent’ on Trustpilot.
- Our courses are up to date. Many providers create course content and fail to keep it up to date.
- We are open later than any other home learning provider.
- As many submissions as you need to complete, many providers cap how many times you can submit work.
- All courses are fully endorsed by external awarding organisations.
- 14 day money back guarantee or course switch.
If you need any more reasons to choose Association of Learning, contact our team!
You have 12 months to complete your course, however you can complete at a faster pace without any additional costs. Some of our students have managed to complete in as little as 3 months!
There are two payment options, pay in full for your course or monthly. Our monthly payment option allows you to spread the cost of your course over a number of months.
If you choose to pay using a payment plan, to apply you must be able to answer yes to the following:
- Your billing address is based in the UK
- You have a UK based bank account
- Bill payer must be 18 or above.
No, this course is assignment based, which means you will not have to complete any exams. If your assignment doesn’t pass first time, you can retry as many times as you need within your 12 months support period.
No, this is a distance learning course, which means your assessments will be submitted and marked using our online LMS (Learner Management System).
Unlike other providers, Association of Learning uses a fast-track system. Your digital certificate is issued by the Awarding Organisation and then forwarded directly to your inbox by our team.
While the official timeframe is six weeks, our students typically receive their digital credentials within two weeks.
This course is an endorsed certification, not a regulated qualification.
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