Candle Making Business Course
erious about starting your own candle making business? Get confidently equipped on this course with Paula Mateo, award winning founder of Old Bexley Soap & Candle Co.
Starting your candle making business is an exciting journey but sometimes there is too much information online and it’s very time consuming to reach a sufficient and water-tight understanding. Paula will walk you through all the UK legal and compliance requirements, helping you to thoroughly understand what you need to do to be able to sell candles and home fragrance products in the UK. You’ll get the right information, step by step, in a way that it is easy to assimilate and put into action.
We’ll cover everything from marketing, to labelling, trademarks, accounts so you feel confident and ready to go. You’ll save time, money and gain incredible value, learning from an experienced business woman who’s proof lies in the outstanding success of her own brand as well, as the candle businesses who have launched under her expert guidance.
This course is for you if:
You already make candles or home fragrances and you would like to start a business
You’ve come to the beginner’s course and want to start a candle making business
You are unsure whether you are fully compliant and would like to go through the whole process to make sure you’re doing it right.
You want to start a candle and home fragrance business and want to fully understand what it involves.
COURSE CONTENT
Introduction
Module 1: REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
Current legislation
Technical File: Safety testing plan and record keeping
Traceability
Labelling requirements: Safety data sheet, CLP and warning labels
Selling in EU and UK, effects of Brexit
The food Imitations (safety) regulations
Fire risk assessment
Module 2: MARKETING
The 4 P´s in business: product, price, place, and promotion
Marketing strategies
How to write a business plan
Determine startup costs
Creating your brand
Find your niche
Define your market
Module 3: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Your product line
Good manufacturing processes
Logistics, posting items & stock management
Suppliers, packaging, labels, website and logo design
Insurance
Module 4: FINANCE
Intellectual property, copyrights and trademarking
Legal status, registering your business
VAT
Accounting systems, record keeping
HMRC
erious about starting your own candle making business? Get confidently equipped on this course with Paula Mateo, award winning founder of Old Bexley Soap & Candle Co.
Starting your candle making business is an exciting journey but sometimes there is too much information online and it’s very time consuming to reach a sufficient and water-tight understanding. Paula will walk you through all the UK legal and compliance requirements, helping you to thoroughly understand what you need to do to be able to sell candles and home fragrance products in the UK. You’ll get the right information, step by step, in a way that it is easy to assimilate and put into action.
We’ll cover everything from marketing, to labelling, trademarks, accounts so you feel confident and ready to go. You’ll save time, money and gain incredible value, learning from an experienced business woman who’s proof lies in the outstanding success of her own brand as well, as the candle businesses who have launched under her expert guidance.
This course is for you if:
You already make candles or home fragrances and you would like to start a business
You’ve come to the beginner’s course and want to start a candle making business
You are unsure whether you are fully compliant and would like to go through the whole process to make sure you’re doing it right.
You want to start a candle and home fragrance business and want to fully understand what it involves.
COURSE CONTENT
Introduction
Module 1: REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
Current legislation
Technical File: Safety testing plan and record keeping
Traceability
Labelling requirements: Safety data sheet, CLP and warning labels
Selling in EU and UK, effects of Brexit
The food Imitations (safety) regulations
Fire risk assessment
Module 2: MARKETING
The 4 P´s in business: product, price, place, and promotion
Marketing strategies
How to write a business plan
Determine startup costs
Creating your brand
Find your niche
Define your market
Module 3: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Your product line
Good manufacturing processes
Logistics, posting items & stock management
Suppliers, packaging, labels, website and logo design
Insurance
Module 4: FINANCE
Intellectual property, copyrights and trademarking
Legal status, registering your business
VAT
Accounting systems, record keeping
HMRC
erious about starting your own candle making business? Get confidently equipped on this course with Paula Mateo, award winning founder of Old Bexley Soap & Candle Co.
Starting your candle making business is an exciting journey but sometimes there is too much information online and it’s very time consuming to reach a sufficient and water-tight understanding. Paula will walk you through all the UK legal and compliance requirements, helping you to thoroughly understand what you need to do to be able to sell candles and home fragrance products in the UK. You’ll get the right information, step by step, in a way that it is easy to assimilate and put into action.
We’ll cover everything from marketing, to labelling, trademarks, accounts so you feel confident and ready to go. You’ll save time, money and gain incredible value, learning from an experienced business woman who’s proof lies in the outstanding success of her own brand as well, as the candle businesses who have launched under her expert guidance.
This course is for you if:
You already make candles or home fragrances and you would like to start a business
You’ve come to the beginner’s course and want to start a candle making business
You are unsure whether you are fully compliant and would like to go through the whole process to make sure you’re doing it right.
You want to start a candle and home fragrance business and want to fully understand what it involves.
COURSE CONTENT
Introduction
Module 1: REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
Current legislation
Technical File: Safety testing plan and record keeping
Traceability
Labelling requirements: Safety data sheet, CLP and warning labels
Selling in EU and UK, effects of Brexit
The food Imitations (safety) regulations
Fire risk assessment
Module 2: MARKETING
The 4 P´s in business: product, price, place, and promotion
Marketing strategies
How to write a business plan
Determine startup costs
Creating your brand
Find your niche
Define your market
Module 3: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Your product line
Good manufacturing processes
Logistics, posting items & stock management
Suppliers, packaging, labels, website and logo design
Insurance
Module 4: FINANCE
Intellectual property, copyrights and trademarking
Legal status, registering your business
VAT
Accounting systems, record keeping
HMRC