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Practical advice for business
 
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Choosing advisers and services

Choose and work with an accountant

How to choose the best professional help with bookkeeping and management accounts

Choose and work with a solicitor

Understand the importance of dealing with legal issues correctly, how a solicitor can help and how to choose one

Choose and manage a commercial agent

How to get help in selling by accessing specialist sales skills, and what kind of contract to draw up

Choose and manage an advertising agency

How to get the best strategic, sales and campaign support from advertising agencies

Choose and work with a designer

Hire the right designers and build a successful partnership - from initial selection to signing off final projects

Choose and manage your IT supplier

The importance of choosing the right IT supplier and developing an effective working relationship with them

The benefits of business mentoring

How a business mentor can offer you guidance and support to help your business succeed, and how to become a mentor

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 a business - meeting the challenges

 

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Choosing and setting up a legal structure

 

Naming your business

 

Buying a business

 

Choosing and setting up premises

 

Keeping the workplace safe and your employees healthy

 

Taxes and paperwork - getting started

 

Income Tax and National Insurance

 

Corporation Tax

 

VAT

 

Tax and payroll for employers

 

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

 

Importing and exporting

 

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