EPP - Visiting Banks for Advice

We all met up at the Museum of Wales to discuss about visiting banks for advice on starting up a new business. We split into groups and organised which of us were assigned to which banks.

We visited Natwest first and tried to get hold of their business adviser who, after 10 minutes told us that she was out and would not be able to see us that day. In the end we were just handed out starter packs with a CD containing Natwest's Business Starting Software. This is to be used for creating a detailed business plan and organising. They took our phone numbers, but never got back to us to re-arrange another meeting.

We then went to the Royal Bank of Scotland. We were told again that we would not be able to talk to anyone and were given business starter packs. These starter packs were not at all useful as it is better to get face to face contact where we can ask questions and be told the basic advice. From these packs I would not have a clue how to set up my own business as i would have to know that all areas have been covered. It would have been good if we'd have been able to talk to a business adviser as we could have had things explained in detail and could have shown us the whole process where we would have known everything, and not left questions unanswered.