Equine

Equine businesses can be run through a number of different systems from providing the basic stable and the owner doing all of the work, to providing a full service with added extras such as riding lessons, treadmills and hydrotherapy. This section is also relevant to setting up kennels and catteries.

Equine businesses make a very natural fit with farming businesses, stables fit well in redundant buildings; paddock grazing and bridleways can all be found on most farms. These businesses can also be shaped around the staffing structure and the management time available in an existing business.

Fitting the exact type of business to the local market is critical; if the area is full of people who run busy lives and need full livery, then a DIY livery will find it difficult. Because it is relatively easy to enter into the market or for people to set up their own stable, competition can be stiff.

This website helps your fill out our generic business plan, which you can download to your computer by clicking here.  Listed below are sections which relate to the sections in the business plan, giving you detailed information, case studies, useful documents and links to make the writing of your business plan easier.