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Business Library

If you're thinking of starting your own business, then you've come to the right place. The Shell LiveWIRE Business Library contains a wide range of useful articles, tools and resources that will help you on your way to becoming self-employed and run your business, or at...

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Latest news from the Shell LiveWIRE programme, former award winners and UK small business.

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Welcome to Shell LiveWIRE, the UK's biggest online community for young entrepreneurs (aged 16-30) who are starting or running their own business. Register for your FREE Shell LiveWIRE account so you can; Apply for business funding through our monthly £1,000 Shell...

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The Elevator Pitch

The term ‘elevator pitch’ is used to describe the overview or presentation that an entrepreneur might give to describe their business, products or services to an investor or business angel. As the name suggests, the pitch is usually delivered in the time it would take to ride an elevator...

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Finance and Funding

One of the most common questions we get asked here at Shell LiveWIRE is “where can I get funding for my business?” Everyone needs money to support their business idea(s), but sadly there aren’t many Grants (free cash) around and the ones that are available tend to be for small amounts of...

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Marketing and Promotion - Award Winners Case Study

Getting people to hear about your business is arguably one of the toughest things when starting out as a new business as it can be expensive and targeting the right people can be difficult. We have asked some of our recent Shell Grand Ideas Award winners what different marketing strategies they...

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Writing a Budget

The preparation of budgets requires the collection of data. This data will be used to justify the projected expenditure. Consequently it must be presented in a manageable way in order that your case receives the attention it deserves. It is a good idea to follow the format of a report or...

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My Business Kit - Preview

My Business Kit is the place for Shell LiveWIRE members to access all our latest free business start up tools and resources from one place including; 'Premium Content' like our popular free guides on ‘Writing your first business plan’ and ‘Market research for the...

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Grants and Loans

  Grants Grants are financial assistance for specific projects, eg the production of promotional materials or the restoration of a shopfront. The obvious benefits of grants are: they don’t have to be repaid, unless you fall foul of the grant criteria! they cover some of your project...

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Running a Business

Once your business is up and running, this section of the Business Library is to help you on the next stage of your journey.

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