Business plan
HELP ME :(( - basically I'm doing a business plan for my coursework and I have to include figures from other businesses including profit forecasts and tables and graphs etc... do we have any idea apart from googling the obvious where I can find such information - the business is an bathroom interior - so relevant information please and useful sites - i have even gone onto sites such as b&q and found nothing! :((
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Lots of websites have sample business plan outlines, my favourite is http://www.QuickMBA.com/entre/bplan/ this may be too detailed for you
20 June 2011
Does the business plan have to include real competitor data or can you make something up?
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There are companies like Dolphin Bathrooms who are part of the Homeform Group Ltd, you could do some research on - you can find financial data at Companies House.
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If you were to compete against a business like this, what would you do to be different - how would you differentiate yourself?
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basically I have the basis off what to include - I've been told to research everything about bathroom sellers, location, compare the prices in local and town areas, what im going to be what my business is about, what i want to achieve.
I need a site to give me financial information on bathroom sellers - i don't want to make it up because I don't know wether im going about it right, i've never done business to know if the sales figures i put would be closely to what a business should be.
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One thing you might want to follow-up are the Annual Reports from big retailers (like B and Travis Perkins, who own Wickes), they may have some market stats that might help. You should be able to track these reports down in their Investor Relations sections.
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It sounds to me that you need to go into the stores and compare prices. You might want to do it online too - as they may be cheaper.
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i've tried to find the annual reports but I can't seem to find it on the website
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i've been told there is a website but my friend can't remember it.
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Intuitively, you would think that the cheapest stores would be out of town - but is this really the case I wonder. You can provide financial info on businesses, by going to Companies House http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/toolsToHelp/WCInfo.shtml
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You can find reports on big company websites, e.g.
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http://www.travisperkinsplc.co.uk/Investor-Centre/Financial-Information
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also when i'm researching everything about businesses what exactly should I include except financial statistics - what offers they have and what the sell which in this case would be bathrooms such as suites toilets showers etc and the cost off these items
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http://www.kingfisher.co.uk/index.asp?pageid=41 (they own B)
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You should be able to do a pretty good price comparison for the key bathroom items (sink, wc, bath, bathroom suite etc) for budget, mid-range and premium.
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and then build my pricing around what other business sell theirs at?
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When preparing a business plan, its all about how you would be different. So you could be cheaper, or provide the best products or the best service perhaps. Your pricing will follow that.
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oh right thank you so much - has been the best help i've had :)
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No problem. Good luck with the homework. Feel free to come back again if you have any problems.
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