Business plans

A well-researched business plan with realistic cash flow forecasts is essential for securing business investment or loans. Our overview.

Growing businesses need to be agile, responsive and have contingency plans for whatever the market throws at them. How to plan for business growth.

SWOT analysis looks at your strengths and weaknesses, and the opportunities and threats your business faces. Read our guide to completing a SWOT.

A business plan outlines your strategy - from your market and finances to your staff and marketing activities. Our guide to writing a great business plan.

A business plan is the roadmap for how you run your business. Here's how to write yours.

In this short YouTube video, Business Wales explains how to create and lay out a business plan.

Writing a business plan forces you to consider many different issues, and this can help focus your thinking. Chris Wildman, director of Town End Farm Shop, tell us how he created his start-up business plan.

Writing a business plan can seem daunting if you've never done it before but you can't afford to put it off. Here's how to get it right.

These business plan templates can help you think about your business ideas and get a plan together.