Can-do hobbies like Food, Hair & Beauty and Consultancy were among the most popular types of business start up across the UK during 2014.
This is according to Cobwebs most recent national Start-up Barometer based on the analysis of almost 200,000 downloads of Business Opportunity Profiles (BOP’s) from COBRA (Complete Business Reference Adviser) by subscribers last year.
Analysis of 192,664 downloads throughout 2014 has revealed that the number one start-up profile was Photographer, followed by Café in second place and Coffee Shop third. of the top 20 profiles downloaded, six were food-based, five were consultancy/training and four were hobby based.
The BOP’s were downloaded by business advisers working with their start-up and small business clients in local enterprise agencies, business reference libraries, university incubators and enterprise units around the UK.
TOP 20 Start-Up types:
2. Café
3. Coffee Shop
4. Management Consultant
5. Personal Trainer
6. Domestic Cleaning Services
7. Beauty Salon
8. Dog Walker
9. Fast Food Takeaway
10. eBay Trader
12. Restaurant
13. Hairdressing Salon
14. Business Trainer
15. Freelance Artist
16. Fashion Designer
17. Gardener
18. Cake and Biscuit Producer
19. IT Consultant
20. Recruitment agency
There were over 400,000 downloads from COBRA across all types of guides and reports during 2014.
Article from The Information Professional – Summer 2015 Newsletter