This long awaited course will cover all the myriad of questions I get asked all the time-mostly-HOW do I deal with (unrealistic) budgets and HOW do I make a profit in my business? This is what we will cover whilst drinking coffee and eating cake…

This will be a long day, please bring a packed lunch, notepad and lots of water! You can pay the fee in instalments if that’s easier-just message me.

1. Understanding turnover, allowable expenses, book keeping , gross profit, net profit, tax, VAT etc
2. How to allocate and save for different bills…from tax to teabags
3. How much to pay yourself? Will this be a salary (Ltd) or personal allowance (sole trader)?
4. Budgets- how to set them and how to stick to them
5. How to communicate your prices to customers
6. How to create YOUR personal price list -demographic, geographic, brand etc
7. How to buy for and create a design using the budget -I will set you a ‘real life’ task
8. The grid -how to allocate stem counts to each design
9. How to deal with substitutions, bad quality stock, last minute mind changes etc
10. Time for your questions etc