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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.

Millennial female entrepreneurship in light of Britain’s post-Brexit economy

Marie Lexa explores what female millennials can do to begin overcoming the hurdles they face in business.

Advice

Startup Funding and Grants

How to tap into funding for female entrepreneurs

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

Launching a start-up: Key lessons learnt along the way

Rebecca Kelly discusses the learning experiences she has taken away from the early days of running her venue booking platform business.

Advice

Vending coffee: What are the options for your business?

Here are a few tips on the options your business can go for when it comes to vending machine coffee.

Advice

Beating the early-stage business challenges as a young entrepreneur

In this piece, Samantha Whittingham discusses the challenges of being a young entrepreneur in an area often seen as being a hobby.

Advice

Five point plan to boost SME resilience

Half of Brits agree having a low level of resilience can adversely affect performance at work.

Work life balance

First-hand advice on planning a business while on maternity leave

Here, Lindsey Fish gives some top tips on how she went about planning a business while on maternity leave.

Advice

How lifestyle changes can help your small business to succeed

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.

Work life balance

First-hand advice on planning a business while on maternity leave

Here, Lindsey Fish gives some top tips on how she went about planning a business while on maternity leave.

Advice

How lifestyle changes can help your small business to succeed

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.

Advice

Employing company formation agents to ensure success

Here, we look at the reasons for your small business to employ registered limited company formation agents.

Business Ideas & Planning

Tips for budding entrepreneurs

Starting and growing your own business is a challenging journey, with so many issues to consider. Here, Mark Woolley gives his thoughts on how entrepreneurs can stay on top of their game.

Advice

Why is Hull such a good city for start-ups?

Here, we look at why Hull has acquired a favourable reputation as a hub for new companies.

Advice

Top five business books that every entrepreneur should read

In time for World Book Day, five entrepreneurs reveal their most influential and inspiring reads.

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Business Loans

A guide to getting a small business loan

Everything you need to know on what small business loans are and what types of loan are available for your business.

Partner content

What are the funding options for hospitality businesses?

Hospitality businesses have faced a number of challenges in the last couple of years. Find out what funding and support is available.

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?

Partner content

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