One in five Brits say they want to start a business in 2021
Only 6% of those surveyed say that have been pushed into working for themselves after losing their job
Starting a Business
Advice on how to start your own business, with guides to help you plan, develop and finance a start-up company, plus recommendations on registering the business, its legal structure and finding financial backing for growth. Whether you are just beginning or have already taken the first steps and want to keep everything on track, our expert articles will give you the knowledge to help lead you to success, whilst maintaining a good work-life balance.
Starting a business can initially seem daunting, but with good support and a strong idea you can quickly pass through the key stages of the setting-up process and be able to launch your company with a solid foundation.
Topics covered include: regulations and requirements for company owners, finding and selecting the professional services you may need (such as banking, insurance, accountancy etc.), legal structure options (self-employed person, sole trader, a partnership or a limited company), business planning, UK start up funding sources and finding your first customers.
Only 6% of those surveyed say that have been pushed into working for themselves after losing their job
Starting a Business
Advice
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Starting a Business
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News
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Business Ideas & Planning
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Setting up a company
Extra 85,000 new businesses expected to be created this year, as Covid redundancies trigger people into setting up on their own
Setting up a company
If I want to buy my company name so no one else can take it, but I’m not ready to start trading, how do I do that? What are my ongoing responsibilities with annual returns?
Setting up a company
Extra 85,000 new businesses expected to be created this year, as Covid redundancies trigger people into setting up on their own
Setting up a company
If I want to buy my company name so no one else can take it, but I’m not ready to start trading, how do I do that? What are my ongoing responsibilities with annual returns?
Advice
COVID-19 is expected to decimate the UK jobs market, with unemployment doubling to 7.5% by the end of 2020. How to set up on your own if you’ve been made redundant.
Advice
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Startup Funding and Grants
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Business Ideas & Planning
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Partner content
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Partner content
We've teamed up with the Current Account Switch Service to explain the benefits of switching your business bank account.