Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
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.
I have set up my own business after the birth of my daughter. It was impossible, due to an inflexible employer, to continue in employment. I would like to know if there are any childcare voucher schemes available to self-employed parents similar to those offered to employed parents?
Sole trader
Startup Funding and Grants
Matthew Cushen, co-founder at Worth Capital, and Andy Davidson, founder at Nova, explore the importance of a diversified portfolio when seed investing.
Startup Funding and Grants
The Start-Up Series competition is back for February! Enter by February 14th for a chance to secure up to £250,000 in equity funding and expert mentorship for your business
Startup Funding and Grants
Matthew Cushen, co-founder at Worth Capital, explores what makes a small business right for venture capital investors.
Advice
Matthew Cushen, co-founder at Worth Capital, explores how your start-up can access valuable advice outside the day-to-day team
Starting a Business
Only 6% of those surveyed say that have been pushed into working for themselves after losing their job
Advice
Founders can round out the gaps in their experience by ensuring they make the right hires, says Worth Capital co-founder Matthew Cushen
Starting a Business
Business department consults on the reform of non-compete clauses so ex-employees can go out and start rival businesses
Advice
Founders can round out the gaps in their experience by ensuring they make the right hires, says Worth Capital co-founder Matthew Cushen
Starting a Business
Business department consults on the reform of non-compete clauses so ex-employees can go out and start rival businesses
News
Sadiq Khan, Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram come together to urge chancellor to help 3m self-employed excluded from government Covid business support.
Business Ideas & Planning
VeeLoop was created to help teenagers shop online independently, but the firm has developed a new service to cope with these difficult times
Setting up a company
Extra 85,000 new businesses expected to be created this year, as Covid redundancies trigger people into setting up on their own
Setting up a company
If I want to buy my company name so no one else can take it, but I’m not ready to start trading, how do I do that? What are my ongoing responsibilities with annual returns?
Partner content
Hospitality businesses have faced a number of challenges in the last couple of years. Find out what funding and support is available.
Business Loans
Everything you need to know on what small business loans are and what types of loan are available for your business.
Employing & managing staff
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
Business broadband offers a host of advantages over standard domestic connections, here’s why you should be considering an upgrade