[Craig Argyle]

Wow, has anybody ever gone through the Prince's Trust to get themselves up and running?  I tell ya they don't make it easy thats for sure haha.  Anyone got any stories about there experience, and weather its worth going through with all the agro? 

Cheers Craig

[Craig Argyle]

Yes I got all that sorted now nearly there.  Be glad when I get done haha.  Im not working right now no.  I have been doing the usual door to door way. 

Glad to hear that it should be worthwhile anyway!

[stains-away]

I started a business through the princes trust back in 1992, the important thing is to have a bombproof business plan and cashflow forecast and do plenty of market research, it also helps if you have a bank that will agree to lend you half the required amount if they lend you the other half, the worst bit is when you have the meeting with a panel of pybt representatives who give the final decision, the upside is that you will get a business adviser allotted to you who, in my case, I had to meet once a month for I think 2 years, every month brought a sleepless night of trying to get the paperwork in order for the visit, it sets you straight from the beginning and came as a bit of a shock but the result is I'm still fussy about paperwork now, if I were starting a business for  the first time now I'd go through them again, Andy