Accessible Online Resources for Starting Up Your Own Business
Season 1, Episode 1455, Nov 04, 2022, 09:00 AM
There are many issues blind and partially sighted people face when trying to find work and get on to the career ladder and of course there are some great paid work placement programmes including some by the RNIB too. One option might be to set up your own business and be your own boss.
How easy might that be and how accessible are the resources out there to help you too as a blind or partially sighted person?
Well, the British Business Bank have been working together with the RNIB to make their business start-up online resources accessible to blind and partially sighted people.
With Business Finance Week starting on Monday 7 November 2022 and the focus on Monday being all about starting up your own business RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey caught up with Richard Bearman, Managing Director, Small Business Lending, Start Up Loans at British Business bank and Robin Spinks, Head of Inclusive Design here at the RNIB to find out more about the British Business Bank’s new online accessible resources and how they worked together with the RNIB to make the resources accessible to blind and partially sighted people.
Richard told Toby about the benefits of being your own boss and starting up your own business, highlighting some of the business side of things that do need to be in place along with your great business idea to ensure that you get through those early years and that your business does become successful.
RNIB are the UK’s leading sight loss charity and cannot promote or endorse a commercial enterprise or their products. We want to work collaboratively with organisations to provide equitable opportunities for blind and partially sighted people who want to start their own business.
For more about the British Business Bank and their accessible online resources do visit their website-
https://www.british-business-bank.co.uk/start-up/
(Image shows RNIB logo. 'RNIB' written in black capital letters over a white background and underlined with a bold pink line, with the words 'See differently' underneath)
How easy might that be and how accessible are the resources out there to help you too as a blind or partially sighted person?
Well, the British Business Bank have been working together with the RNIB to make their business start-up online resources accessible to blind and partially sighted people.
With Business Finance Week starting on Monday 7 November 2022 and the focus on Monday being all about starting up your own business RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey caught up with Richard Bearman, Managing Director, Small Business Lending, Start Up Loans at British Business bank and Robin Spinks, Head of Inclusive Design here at the RNIB to find out more about the British Business Bank’s new online accessible resources and how they worked together with the RNIB to make the resources accessible to blind and partially sighted people.
Richard told Toby about the benefits of being your own boss and starting up your own business, highlighting some of the business side of things that do need to be in place along with your great business idea to ensure that you get through those early years and that your business does become successful.
RNIB are the UK’s leading sight loss charity and cannot promote or endorse a commercial enterprise or their products. We want to work collaboratively with organisations to provide equitable opportunities for blind and partially sighted people who want to start their own business.
For more about the British Business Bank and their accessible online resources do visit their website-
https://www.british-business-bank.co.uk/start-up/
(Image shows RNIB logo. 'RNIB' written in black capital letters over a white background and underlined with a bold pink line, with the words 'See differently' underneath)