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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.

Seven tips for first-time business owners

Here are seven tips that you can use to assist you out of a tight spot and get your business back on track.

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What goes bump in the office? Five biggest fears about our careers

With Face your Fears day taking place in a few weeks (17th October) a new survey highlights UK’s biggest professional fears.

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Why you need to get your business ready for winter

Here, Emily Coltman, chief accountant at FreeAgent, gives her tips on how to get your business into shape and running as smoothly as possible during the autumn and winter months.

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Creating a business uniform for the first time

Here are some of the considerations you should make when creating your first business uniform.

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Five tips to grow your small business

Here are five simple, yet effective tips that will help you grow your small business.

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Disrupt and innovate: The future of insurance

There are three key areas in which the future of insurance is already being influenced.

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How to fill the health and safety knowledge gap in your business

If you think you have health and safety knowledge gaps among your workforce, here’s what you can do to tackle the problem.

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Some tips for being a successful business owner

Here are a few tips that might be valuable to you when starting out in business.

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How to fill the health and safety knowledge gap in your business

If you think you have health and safety knowledge gaps among your workforce, here’s what you can do to tackle the problem.

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Some tips for being a successful business owner

Here are a few tips that might be valuable to you when starting out in business.

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What businesses can learn from the catering industry

Here, we take a look at what small businesses can learn about eco-friendliness from the catering industry.

Startup Funding and Grants

The funding options for high risk businesses

Finding ways to fund and grow your business can be tricky. Here are some great funding options for your business if there is extra risk involved.

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How small retailers can beat their three biggest challenges

In this piece Vaughan Rowsell, founder of Vend, discusses three key obstacles currently facing independent retailers, and what they can do about them.

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Bitcoin: Past, present and future

There are many benefits to owning Bitcoin, as we explore in this article.

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