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Hello, does anyone have any advice they could give me on building a commercial indoor climbing wall from scratch?

- Possible pitfalls?
- Building Companies / Overall building costs?
- Initial start-up beaurocracy?
- Investors / grants?

Thanks,
Tom.

tomswall@hotmail.co.uk

In reply to cat_59:

- Investors / grants?

http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/need_help/business_start-up.aspx ??

If The Prince's Trust is not able to help you, you could try contacting one of the following organisations.

http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/need_help/the_business_programme/other_star...

In reply to cat_59:

your biggest problem is finding the right building i.e. right place, right size, right planning or likely planning consent/change of use.

and then finding/getting funding. If you have a good backer, deposit etc. and a great business plan this shouldn't be a problem though.

In reply to cat_59:

Yeah, finding a building isn't easy - not many industrial units have sufficient headroom.

But the big thing is the cost. Converting an empty industrial unit into a functioning, medium-sized climbing centre is going to cost you about half a million quid. It's a hell of a chunk of change to come up with...

In reply to cat_59: Follow the link to Climbing Wall Manufacturer here>>

http://www.henggenting.co.uk/resources/linkstemp.htm