Fact sheets


Starting a business

A Guide to the Business Names Act 1985
A Guide to Running a Business from Home
A Guide to Setting up a Business Partnership
A Guide to Setting up a Business as a Private Limited Company
A Guide to Setting up a Business as a Not-for-profit Organisation
A Guide to Setting up a Business as a Sole Trader
Choosing the Right Legal Status for your Business
A Guide to Preparing a Budget When Starting Up
A Guide to Who to Contact When Starting a Business
A Guide to Business Regulations when Starting Up
An Introduction to Researching a Market for Business Start Up
A Guide to Buying a Business
A Guide to Writing a Business Plan
A Guide to Renting Premises for your Business
A Guide to Buying Premises for your Business
An Introduction to Raising Finance to Start a New Business
A Guide to Costing a Product or Service
A Guide to Choosing Commercial Premises
Tips to Help You Choose a Business Idea
An Introduction to Taking up a Business Franchise
Could you Run Your Own Business?
A Guide to Becoming a Franchisor
Common Reasons Why Small Businesses Fail
A Guide to Developing and Protecting an Invention
A Guide to the Organisations You Must Contact When Starting Up
A Guide to Pricing a Manufactured Product

Legal

Business Regulations when Starting Up
Choosing and Using a Solicitor
Choosing the Right Legal Status for your Business
Complying with Internet Regulations
A Guide to Using Copyright to Protect Your Work
Duties of a Director
Insurance Cover for a Business
A Guide to Setting up a Business as a Not-for-profit Organisation
A Guide to Setting up a Business as a Private Limited Company
A Guide to Setting up a Business as a Sole Trader
A Guide to Setting up a Business Partnership
A Guide to the Business Names Act 1985
A Guide to Drawing up Terms and Conditions of Trading
An Introduction to Insurance Cover for Business
An Introduction to Protecting your Intellectual Property Rights
An Introduction to Tax, National Insurance and VAT
A Guide to Drawing Up Terms and Conditions of Sale
An Introduction to Finding Legal Advice for Your Business
A Guide to Completing a VAT Return
How to Apply for a Patent
A Guide to Investors in People (IIP) Accreditation
How to Register a Trade Mark
A Guide to National Insurance
A Guide to Tax Allowance for Captial Expenditure
An Introduction to Tax Allowable Business Expenditure
A Guide to Corporation Tax
A Guide to Tax Self-assessment for the Self-employed