ABE Level 3 Certificate in Business Start-up

• Producing a plan
  
• Supporting a successful business venture
  
• Information sources
  
• External market analysis
  
• External environment and its impact on success
  

• Customer perspective
  
• Competitor perspective
  
• Analysing the business idea
  
  
• Producing measurable objectives

• Improving the business idea
  
• Marketing mix
  
• Defining and positioning the unique selling proposition (USP)
  
• Influencing customer perceptions
  
• Developing sales pitches
  
  
• Driving sales
  
• Investment in a start-up

• Local legal structures
  
• Regulations
  
• Requirements and resources
  
• Operating at launch
  
• Operating on an ongoing basis
  
  

• Producing financial forecasts and budgets
  
• Sourcing finances
  
• Managing the day-to-day business using financial information
  
• Managing performance and spotting failures
  

• Securing funding
  
• Assisting the entrepreneur in the ongoing management of the business
  
• Preparing a pitch
  
• Reflecting on the process of developing a business plan
  
• Evaluating the business objectively
  
• Producing a business plan that clearly communicates the vision for the new business, if it is to attract investment
  

The qualification will be assessed by a combination of formative and summative assessments.
You will complete a formative assignment for each of the first five elements, which will then contribute to the final summative assessment for Element 6 which will form a business plan.
The final summative assignment will be submitted to ABE once complete. ABE will set the assignments, including the provision of templates which you can choose to use to complete your assignment if you wish.

This course will take approximately 360 hours to complete. Students will receive one year to complete the course, which is a lot more time than you will need. This allows you to work at your own pace, without the pressure of tight deadlines.

You will study this course through distance learning, which will enable you to learn when and where you want. You can study from home or at work, it is completely up to you. All your materials will be posted or sent to you via email, so receiving your materials is easy. You will also receive tutor support by email, so help is only a click away!

On successful completion of this course, you will receive a Level 3 Certificate in Business Start-Up awarded by ABE (The Association of Business Executives). This qualification is recognised by the UK government’s official qualifications regulatory authority for England, Ofqual.

With this business start up certificate, you can achieve up to 36 UCAS points based on the grade you achieve. You can find out more about UCAS points here.