Small Business

paddyrg

BTW the holiday park idea is deadly serious - even if that isn't a dream industry or job (and let's face it, for many it isn't), the skills are very transferrable. Cash handling and reconciliations, stock management, staff management, budgeting, capacity planning, dealing with pressure, dealing with boredom, dealing with lovely people, dealing with stroppy drunk idiots, it is all there, but in a safe environment with regular money and a cheap roof over your head and maybe even subsidised meals. It is like a business bootcamp, if you want it to be. Customer profiling (nobody knows their customer like the Bourne Leisure group, the profiling is amazing), promotion planning, event organisation, so many areas to get real-world skills, big enough to try a lot out, but small enough to still feel you're in a team. Now you can see why I suggested it ;-)

jexygirl

MH0013 wrote: »

Thank you, your advice was not that helpful.
I only asked if anything was available.
She has never claimed benefit.

This is one of, if not THE most honest forum on MSE. Whilst you may not feel that the replies are "helpful" as in no one is giving you a list of a dozen links, all of whom will give her 100k to give something she fancies a try at with no strings attatched, which was what you wanted to hear, what has been given is actually very helpful advice.
No one, not even princes trust, (and note it does say on the link to that info "in extreme circumstance" or somethign like that) will give money to someone regardless of academic qualifications, without cold, hard experience and most likely some financial commitment from themselves.
Whilst proving that you can revise and pass exams is very commendable, proving you can live and work in the big bad world and have the drive, enthusiasm, work ethic, flexibility, commitment, ability to save / control finances and common sense, are, in some circumstances, more important.
You are taught to pass your driving test, only after you pass it, do you learn to drive.
I agree with other posters, I think she should go out and get some experience in her chosen business field, then do it better, once she has experience and a clear plan and knows how it can be done better BECAUSE she has the experience to back it up.

MH0013

Thank you to everyone for your advice. I only needed to know if anyone knew of any government schemes to help.
But I have received a lot more advice.
We are willing to help her all the way with or with out schemes. Thank you