Business Start-up Advice and Finance Scotland

Business Start Up

DSL Finance has been supporting and assessing new start businesses since 1993.

In addition to our highly experienced team we have a network of established business start-up service providers across Scotland.

Learn more from on our Business Support Community page.

Essential Getting Started Steps

Before you launch your new business, it is advisable to have a clear and concise business plan.

If you require financial investment from a third party as well as (or instead of) loan funding, a business plan will be a core requirement of your application.

Business Planning

To help you develop an effective business plan, follow our top tips on what you need to include.

Executive Summary – 1or 2 pages at the start of the plan that summarises what follows.
Description of your business, products/services and what sets you apart from the competition
Competitor analysis – demonstrating you have done your research
Route to market (i.e. distribution) and your core sales and marketing activities
The team, key skills and responsibility
Finance, e.g. anticipated sales revenue, operational costs, payment terms, investment requirement and of course projected cashflow for the first 12 months.

Business Planning Templates