There were a record number of start-ups last year according to Barclays. With the travel chaos predicted this Easter weekends, perhaps there’s cause for a few more.
How about foregoing that trip up the M1 to visit relatives you don’t really like anyway in favour of actually getting started on that business plan you’ve been mapping out in your head for the last 18 months?
Four whole days out of the office is surely enough time to get something down on paper. Hey, you can even use the back of an Easter egg box. Although I’d suggest transferring your notes to a PC before handing them to the bank manager – unless your idea is somehow based around an affiliate deal with Cadbury.
There’s no excuse. It’s going to be cold and wet anyway, so you can’t even let the prospect of a bit of garden sunbathing distract you from your mission.
There’s always a major spike in new businesses registered in January because people have spent their Christmas break cooking up all sorts of enterprising ideas. Let’s turn Easter into a similar affair!
