How to brand your business
- Choosing a business name
- Elevator pitch examples for small businesses
- Unique selling point: how to find yours
- Logo design for a small business
Business planning software for UK startups
Every business can be a great business. With a plan.
Plan.business helps new and recently formed UK businesses get ready to grow in a couple of hours, using a playbook built on real companies taken from £0 to £20 million of revenue.
Your launch plan
- Idea
- Brand
- Live website
- Registered company, with shareholders
From idea to live in just a couple of hours
Why we exist
“Fail to plan, plan to fail.” The old expression still holds true.
We started Plan.business to help new businesses succeed. Our business creation software takes your idea all the way through to a brand, a live website and a fully registered company with shareholders, in just a couple of hours.
Starting a business means a long list of jobs to be done. We turn that list into clear, guided steps, so you spend your time building rather than wondering what comes next.
Our mission
Shaping startups to become tomorrow’s great businesses.
Free guides
Everything you need to know, in plain English.
Practical guides to starting and running a UK business, every figure checked against an official source.
Business ideas
Read the guide →How to write a business plan
- Financial forecast for a new business
- Cash flow for a small business explained
- Break even analysis made simple
- Startup costs: what it really costs to begin
Choosing a business structure
- What a limited company is and how it works
- Business partnerships: how they work
- Community interest companies, explained
How to grow a business
- Marketing a small business
- How to set a marketing budget for a small business
- Lead generation for small businesses
How to start a business
- How to become a driving instructor
- How to become a photographer
- How to become a tutor
- How to start a cafe or restaurant
Business licences and rules in the UK
Read the guide →How to price your product or service
- Profit margin: how to work it out
- How to set an hourly rate
- Subscription pricing for small businesses
- How to raise your prices without losing customers
Going self-employed
Read the guide →Why Plan.business
We make you feel like an expert.
£0 → £20m
We’ve built lots of successful small businesses from £0 to £20 million of revenue. That experience is in every step of our playbook.
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A battle-tested playbook
Not a blank template and not a chatbot’s best guess. A proven route through the jobs every new business has to do.
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Built by people who’ve done it
We’ve built businesses to millions of users and millions of pounds, and we know where founders get stuck.
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Ready to grow, fast
Our planning tools get your business ready to grow in a couple of hours, with real people on hand when you need them.
What you’ll have
Five steps. One plan you can act on.
Work through five guided steps, in a couple of hours, and come away with the groundwork every new business needs.
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Vision & Brand
Your pitch and Brand Key
An elevator pitch, and who you serve and why they’ll choose you.
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Product & Pricing
What you sell, and for how much
Your products or services, priced with the numbers behind them.
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Business Plan
A Year 1 Profit Plan
Sales, costs and a marketing budget, month by month.
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Website & Digital
A brand kit
Logo, colours and fonts, ready for your website.
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Company & Compliance
Your company, set up right
Your company’s details, and the registrations to get right.
Your business, with a plan.
Go from idea to brand to live website and registered company. Start today.
Contact
Talk to a real person.
Questions about a website build or forming your company? Get in touch and our team will help you choose the right option.
- sales@plan.business