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START A PROFITABLE CANDLE BUSINESS PRIVATE COURSE

from £850.00

Serious 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/EU 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.

In this Candle Business Class 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.

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Serious 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/EU 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.

In this Candle Business Class 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 or candle mastery 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