A Basic Practical Guide to Starting a Business

The British Chamber together with Viljoen Consulting CC can give you the solutions to the many of the challenging procedures of starting and running a new business.

Come and join us at the Workshop entitled “A BASIC PRACTICAL GUIDE TO STARTING A BUSINESS.”

The workshop deals with the everyday issues that arise when starting a new business. It saves time and energy as well as money. Time in that you don’t have to spend time in queue’s trying to get the correct documentation, or doing research on the internet or anywhere else for that matter, trying to find out what you have to do and where you have to go in order to do it.

It is broken up in the following main titles, with their respective sub-titles below:

It starts off with the difference between a Sole Proprietor, a Close Corporation and a Company and how to register each of these entities.

A. Accounting Records & General

1. Contracts between you and the client
2. Contracts between you and a partner
3. Written Procedures
4. Archiving
5. Accounting
6. Staffing
7. Asset Register
8 E-mail Addresses/Internet Domains/Cell phone Voice mail.
9 Insurance
10 Software
11 VAT compliance and supplier procurement
12 BEE compliance and supplier procurement

B Banking Accounts

C. Receipts and Banking

D. Cheque Payments and/or Internet Payments

1. Cheque Preparation
2. Cheque Signing

E. Invoices

F. Credit Notes

G. Bank Reconciliations

H. Petty Cash

I Control of Numbered Stationary

J. Computerised Accounting

1. Data Capture
2. Security over data access
3. Back ups

K. Staff & HR Issues

L. Security/Safety

M. Money Laundering

N. Filing

O. Stock Control


Please remember that the workshop is a “living” document, that will be changed from time to time, updated and expanded upon as and when new information comes to light and/or when legislation changes.

Date: Wednesday 3rd June 2009

Venue: Siyakha
337 Bryanston Drive
Bryanston

Cost: R850.00 (includes breakfast/lunch/refreshments and course material, but not VAT)

Starting time 09.30 to 3pm. (Registration from 09.00 onwards), please allow additional traveling time to combat traffic.

Please contact Nikki Viljoen on 083 702 8849 or nikki@viljoenconsulting.co.za or info@britishchamber.co.za for booking details