Business plan

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This subtopic provides guidance on drafting a plan and includes precedent business plans for consumer and commercial firms.

The business plan sets out how the firm will achieve its objectives. For some firms, the business plan will be key to every activity the firm undertakes. Other firms will be content to draft a plan which loosely sets out its objectives.

Drafting a business plan

Who should write the plan?

Traditionally and most commonly, the management and owners of the firm are the authors of the business plan. The firm’s compliance officer for finance and administration

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