Asbestos, mesothelioma and the building trades
Here, we look at the rise and fall of asbestos and why business owners should be familiar with asbestos standards for construction workers and employers.
Advice
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.
Here, we look at the rise and fall of asbestos and why business owners should be familiar with asbestos standards for construction workers and employers.
Advice
Business Ideas & Planning
The secret to finding the right niche is solving a simple problem better than anyone else does, as we outline here.
Setting up a company
Often lacking in a business plan, a property strategy can give a start-up the edge it needs in a competitive marketplace. But why is the planning of a physically expanding business important for a fledgling business?
Business Ideas & Planning
It has never been easier to start out in business on your own, says Louise Cairns.
Advice
Marie Lexa explores what female millennials can do to begin overcoming the hurdles they face in business.
Startup Funding and Grants
New report draws on academic research and advice from the UK’s most successful female founders to address the gender scale up gap.
Business Ideas & Planning
Rebecca Kelly discusses the learning experiences she has taken away from the early days of running her venue booking platform business.
Advice
Here are a few tips on the options your business can go for when it comes to vending machine coffee.
Business Ideas & Planning
Rebecca Kelly discusses the learning experiences she has taken away from the early days of running her venue booking platform business.
Advice
Here are a few tips on the options your business can go for when it comes to vending machine coffee.
Advice
In this piece, Samantha Whittingham discusses the challenges of being a young entrepreneur in an area often seen as being a hobby.
Advice
Half of Brits agree having a low level of resilience can adversely affect performance at work.
Work life balance
Here, Lindsey Fish gives some top tips on how she went about planning a business while on maternity leave.
Advice
While you may not need to change everything about your lifestyle when you start your own business, there’s a good chance some changes are in order.
Partner content
Business broadband offers a host of advantages over standard domestic connections, here’s why you should be considering an upgrade
Partner content
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
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
Business Loans
Everything you need to know on what small business loans are and what types of loan are available for your business.