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Practical advice for business
 
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Importing and exporting

Importing - an overview

Learn about the basics of importing (buying) goods or materials from other countries

Are you ready to import?

Ensuring you have the right strategy and resources to benefit from importing

Exporting - an overview

What's involved in selling goods or services to another country

Are you ready to export?

Assessing whether you are ready to export and planning your approach

Researching overseas markets

Key research if you're thinking of entering overseas markets

Intellectual property protection overseas

How to protect your ideas and innovative inventions overseas

Trading in the European Union

How to take advantage of the freeing up of trade between countries in the European Union

Trading with the United States

Increasing sales and profits by selling to the US market

Trading with China

Overview of starting to sell into China, one of the world's largest markets

Trading with India

India's developing market, a growing opportunity to increase sales and profits

Trading with the Middle East

Overview of trading with the Middle East countries from the UK

Business start-up organiser

Compile a personalised list of starting-up tasks and access resources to help you complete each one

 
 
 

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Starting up

 

Considering starting up?

 

Starting a business - meeting the challenges

 

Finding and managing the money

 

Business names & structures

 

Buying a business

 

Choosing and setting up premises

 

Keeping the workplace safe and your employees healthy

 

Taxes, records and returns - getting started

 

VAT

 

Income, Corporation and other business taxes

 

PAYE and National Insurance

 

Becoming an employer for the first time

 

Sales and marketing

 

Financial control, operations and transport

 

Contracts and suppliers

 

IT and e-commerce for start ups

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Importing and exporting

 

Protecting your business & ideas

 

Choosing advisers and services