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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 small business fairytale toolkit

Here, Richard Stonier, founder of online accountancy provider, Tally Accounts, turns the page on top tips for small business owners to live happy ever after.

Advice

Work life balance

Overwhelming workloads tip the scales on work-life balance

The Qualtrics Employee Pulse, taken every quarter, asks 4,000 employees about the state of their workplace including how an overloaded work schedule effects their work-life balance.

Startup Funding and Grants

Why do companies outside of London not use EIS?

More than half of businesses who have received EIS investment are based in London, despite only making up a quarter of the economy.

Business Ideas & Planning

Why starting up in a ‘dry’ industry can give you the edge you need

In this piece Cat Pinkney, co-founder of Paycircle, explains why launching a product in a dull sector has been the key to the company's success.

Investing in a franchise

How do I know if franchising is for me?

Here, we look at how to ensure you're making the right decision to invest in a franchise.

Advice

How to start a financial company

The financial sector can be an attractive way of starting a company in a European country, as we explore here.

Advice

How listening to business advice can make you £2 million

Everyone gets business advice. But, as ISL recruitment director Alan Furley argues, it only starts to pay when you start listening.

Advice

Five reasons to invest in commercial property

Here, we look at why it’s important to weigh up the costs and benefits before choosing to invest in commercial property.

Advice

How listening to business advice can make you £2 million

Everyone gets business advice. But, as ISL recruitment director Alan Furley argues, it only starts to pay when you start listening.

Advice

Five reasons to invest in commercial property

Here, we look at why it’s important to weigh up the costs and benefits before choosing to invest in commercial property.

Business Ideas & Planning

Ideas for a small business: The best ones to go for

Here, we reveal some of the best ideas for a small business.

Advice

The main challenges and opportunities for small businesses in 2018

Here, Simon Burckhardt of Vonage discusses the key issues that small business owners will face in the year to come.

Advice

How self storage can help your business

How do you start a business when you have limited funds and nowhere to operate from? Here, we look at how self storage can be a viable option.

Startup Funding and Grants

How can we get businesses and investors speaking the same language?

There seems to be confusion around what businesses think investors are looking for in a strong management team, and what investors are actually looking for, argues Nigel Walker, head of innovation lending at Innovate UK.

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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?

Business broadband offers a host of advantages over standard domestic connections, here’s why you should be considering an upgrade

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How should I select my business broadband provider?

As with any supplier, it’s important to do your research and ask important questions before you select a broadband provider for your business. But what are the must-have things you should take into consideration?

Business Technology

Future-proof your business communications set-up

Landlines as we know them will be scrapped in 2027 – along with a raft of upcoming business changes. Here's how to ensure your communications set-up is fit for whatever the future brings