Home » Starting a Business » Page 41

Category

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.

Know your finance options for a business purchase

Startup Funding and Grants

Advice

Six prime reasons why your small enterprise is bound to fail

What could be the real reason behind the failure of SMEs in their early stages of growth? Here, we investigate.

Advice

Evolving your business for the future: Five tips for successful change

Here are the top five things to consider to turn change in your organisation into an opportunity for future success.

Startup Funding and Grants

Invoice factoring and the benefits for small businesses

Here, Conrad Ford takes a look at invoice factoring, what it is, and how it can help your small business with cash flow.

Advice

Making a career in the online gaming industry

Ever thought about how you could be an online games tester and spend all day playing games? Then read this article to find out more.

Advice

Autumn Statement 2016: Headlines for businesses

Here are the key announcements made in the Autumn Statement 2016 that impact on UK businesses.

Advice

Is buy to let still a good small business option?

Here, we look at why there is ample opportunity to take advantage of the limited supply and growing demand of the buy to let sector.

Startup Funding and Grants

How to obtain 83 per cent public funding for your innovative start-up

Here, we look at how R&D tax credits, together with the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme, could provide you with up with the bulk of your funding requirements.

Advice

Is buy to let still a good small business option?

Here, we look at why there is ample opportunity to take advantage of the limited supply and growing demand of the buy to let sector.

Startup Funding and Grants

How to obtain 83 per cent public funding for your innovative start-up

Here, we look at how R&D tax credits, together with the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme, could provide you with up with the bulk of your funding requirements.

Startup Funding and Grants

How to find funding for your small business

Here is an exhaustive list of all the small business funding options you should pursue for your company's growth.

Investing in a franchise

Investing in a franchise: Taking on a greeting card operation

Former BP forecourt manager Gayan Weerakkody discusses how he uprooted his family to take on the arm of a successful greetings card franchise.

Advice

How Forex trading with Xtrade can help you bring in extra profit

Here are some approaches to Forex trading with Xtrade that may improve your odds of taking a profit.

Setting up a company

A guide to starting your own electrician business

With the right qualifications and tools electricians can make a successful living. Here are some pointers to starting up in the industry.

Recommended Content

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

Partner content

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