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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.

The rush to comply with GDPR: Five mistakes that could cost you

In this piece, Matt Middleton-Leal discusses the GDPR procedural mistakes that can harm your company.

Advice

Business Ideas & Planning

How the UK’s small business communities are succeeding

Here’s what we found out about the UK’s independent quarters and their thriving small business hubs.

Advice

Give your business that edge it needs for success

Follow these ideas to give your business the best chance of prevailing.

Business Ideas & Planning

The key considerations to make when embarking on an entrepreneurial adventure

Setting up a UK-based business is generally quick, cheap and easy. But whether you are a small business entrepreneur or a scalable start-up entrepreneur, the road ahead can be treacherous. Here, we set out what you need to know in the early stages.

Advice

Amazon experts for hire: How they can help your business

Here, we look at how to enlist the aid of experts when managing your Amazon storefront.

Business Ideas & Planning

How businesses can create a successful niche even in a mature market

Here, Dr Paul Langley and Professor Alison Rieple discuss how businesses can use disintermediation to come up with something new.

Business Ideas & Planning

Six tips for thriving in a one-person business

In this piece, Kati McKeon shares six crucial tips to ensure your one-person business will thrive.

Business Ideas & Planning

How to set up and launch a recruitment agency

Here, we look at how to approach your start-up recruitment company, from payroll management to securing the right partners.

Business Ideas & Planning

Six tips for thriving in a one-person business

In this piece, Kati McKeon shares six crucial tips to ensure your one-person business will thrive.

Business Ideas & Planning

How to set up and launch a recruitment agency

Here, we look at how to approach your start-up recruitment company, from payroll management to securing the right partners.

Investing in a franchise

The advantages of opening a franchise business

Here, we summarise the advantages of starting a franchise and some of the locations that are worth taking into consideration.

Work life balance

Planning to Study Abroad?

Going abroad for higher education may seem to be a thrilling experience, but a little carelessness in the planning can run this otherwise pleasant trip into hot water.

Advice

One year until Brexit: The top countries for working expats

With the countdown to Brexit just a year away (29th March), independent expat financial expert Forth Capital releases revealing statistics on the best countries for British expats.

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The growth of the funeral director business

In this piece, we look at why the funeral director industry is big business.

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Employing & managing staff

The importance of vocational rehabilitation services for SMEs

In Aviva’s latest SME research*, 57 per cent of employers surveyed agreed that nowadays employees expect benefits to protect against loss of income or earnings. What do you offer your people?

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What are the benefits of business broadband?

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How should I select my business broadband provider?

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Future-proof your business communications set-up

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