Our business planning history

Company Background

Summary

Businessplanuk.co.uk is a business planning website for small businesses and entrepreneurs. Based in London, England, the site is owned by Palo Alto Software Limited.

Palo Alto Software Limited is a privately held limited company trading in the UK (UK registered: 4260116) with offices in London. Palo Alto Software Limited sells, markets, and distributes international versions of the award winning software developed by Palo Alto Software Ltd.

Palo Alto Software's products include Business Plan Pro 11.0, Marketing Plan Pro 9 and Email Center Pro. The company website, www.paloalto.co.uk, provides product information and sales, product support, and online registration and updates. Additional information on business planning and marketing planning can be found at www.bplans.co.uk.

Mission Statement

Palo Alto Software develops, publishes, markets, and supports personal computer software that incorporates task-oriented tools, techniques, and know-how in practical, easy-to-use products. We make a fair profit that respects our customers; fairly compensates our owners, employees and authors; and supports on-going development of more great products. We maintain a stimulating, creative, respectful, friendly, and fun work environment that encourages ideas, diversity of thought, hard work, uncompromising product quality, and dedication to providing good value and good service to every customer.

Company History

Palo Alto Software, Inc. was founded in Palo Alto, California in 1983 as Infoplan, a sole proprietorship. In 1988 it was incorporated in California as Palo Alto Software. Palo Alto Software moved to Eugene, Oregon in 1992 and was subsequently merged into Palo Alto Software, an Oregon corporation.

Since its release in 1995, Business Plan Pro has received favorable reviews by numerous business and high-tech magazines, and Internet sites; it is regularly on Amazon.com's top 10 list of best-selling business software. Business Plan Pro has won many honours, and customised versions have been developed for corporations; regional versions are available in Canada and the United Kingdom.

The most recent UK versions, Business Plan Pro 11.0 and Business Plan Pro Premier 11.0,were released in July 2006. Marketing Plan Pro was first released in 1996 with version 9.0 appearing in October 2006 in the UK.

Company Address

Palo Alto Software Ltd, 72 Hammersmith Road, London W14 8TH

VAT number

GB 782258114