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Know the difference between a sole trader, limited company and a
partnership? This guide explains it all, advises who you’ll need to
tell about it to ensure your business is fully legit and gives tips
on how to name your business.
The most important document you’ll need. It’s what you use to
convince financial backers and your initial customers that your
business is worth investing in.
Take a look at our start-up checklist in this guide to assess
your abilities, and see how you can begin to develop your business
skills, finance your idea and transform it into a success.
Finding the right space to house your business is really
important – get it wrong and you could face unnecessary cost and
upheaval when you have to move.
Once you’ve got the basics you’ll soon be able to start
promoting your business, mastering your sales techniques and
pitching for new business successfully.
It’s no secret that businesses need cash to survive, but how you
achieve this is another matter. Get to grips with the fundamentals
of managing finance, cashflow, accounts, wages and bookkeeping.
Licences, business insurance, health and safety, data
protection, intellectual property, employment law – there’s a whole
host of things you’ll need to address to keep your business within
the law.
There’s no need to be daunted by the thought of tax or the tax
man. From income tax, corporation tax, national insurance and VAT
to limited companies, employee liability and record keeping, this
guide has got it covered.
Office costs can quickly mount up so it’s a good idea to sit
down and plan exactly what you need before you start ordering: from
business cards and filing systems to websites and computers, this
guide will help you work it out.
This guide’s packed with really useful tips that’ll help you
perfect the art of impressing the bank manager, dealing with
suppliers, writing letters, networking and more.
As turnover and business grow, you’ll find yourself presented
with a number of new issues like developing contracts, finding new
investors and recruiting staff.
This is a guide to the organisations that can help your business
get off to the right start, including those that’ll give you
advice, finance and research material.
This guide explains the importance of insurance and gives a
helpline you can contact.