Personal Event Planning Business Plan

Occasions, The Event Planning Specialists

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Company Summary

2.0 Company Summary

Founded in 1997 on a part-time basis, Occasions is a small business designed to meet the needs of the ever changing social world. Portland, Oregon is the current home with plans to expand to branch offices within four years. Occasions' staff of two, with numerous contract vendors, plans events, writes event-planning products, and trains area students in the art of event planning. Occasions is invested in the community it resides in.

Occasions is, in part, the answer to demands of the social world, on the working family, heavily-burdened office, out-of-town business, or special occasion in need of special recognition. As a business, we understand the needs of public and private organisations. As parents and family members, we understand the needs of setting special time apart from other events in our lives. Occasions strives to accomplish these goals, in Portland and eventually other areas of the Pacific Northwest.

2.1 Company Ownership

Occasions is established as a sole trader with the intention of selling the business when it is established to one of the employees invested in the vision of event planning. All aspects of the business will be documented to ensure clients can count on the same results every time. It is these documents that will become the basis of ownership. The sole trader will use his or her name as the guarantor of each service. Therefore, the sole trader must embody the vision and mission of Occasions.

2.2 Start-up Summary

Through careful planning on the part of the founders, the start up costs for Occasions are minimal. It began as a home-based business with little overhead, and it continues to demand fewer outlay of funds as a service-based business. The start-up cost investment funds were assets saved from prior earnings by the owners who did event planning on a part-time basis before establishing themselves as a business.

It is the wish of the founders to remain a debt-free establishment. However, recognising that in reality not all variables are controllable, outside financing is a viable option. Both founders own homes and have a perfect credit rating.

Start-up



Start-up

Start-up
Requirements
Start-up Expenses
Legal	£200
Stationery etc.	£300
Brochures	£185
Consultants	£200
Insurance	£145
Rent	£150
Research and Development	£0
Expensed Equipment	£1,985
Other	£200
Total Start-up Expenses	£3,365
Start-up Assets Needed
Cash Balance on Starting Date	£2,300
Start-up Stock	£0
Other Current Assets	£0
Total Current Assets	£2,300
Fixed assets	£0
Total Assets	£2,300
Total Requirements	£5,665
Funding
Investment
Alicia Nollan	£3,400
Other	£265
Total Investment	£3,665
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable	£0
Current Borrowing	£2,000
Other Current Liabilities	£0
Current Liabilities	£2,000
Fixed liabilities	£0
Total Liabilities	£2,000
Loss at Start-up	(£3,365)
Total Capital	£300
Total Capital and Liabilities	£2,300

2.3 Company Locations and Facilities

Occasions is located inside the city limits of Portland, Oregon. It is a home-based business. Most meetings with clients are conducted in social settings, such as restaurants, coffee houses, the client's home, facilities wishing to be used for the event, or over the phone. Although the demand has not yet reached its peak, Occasions will eventually move from its home base into a small office complex, also within the city limits of Portland, Oregon. When the company has reached its finished point, Occasions will have branch offices in Portland, Eugene, and Bend, Oregon, Seattle, Vancouver, and Olympia, Washington, and Boise and Sun Valley, Idaho.

The company will maintain a high degree of professionalism. All offices are equipped with the latest in business technology, such as telephone systems, computers, fax machines, email, duplicators, printers, and software. Each location will have a secure storage area for supplies and equipment used in events, such as walkie-talkies, cellular phones, portable fax machines, and laptops.