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Steps to help grow your business - finding finance, mentors, increasing sales and developing products and services
Once your business is established and you’re making a profit on the…
Growing your business, whether through increased sales or improved…
How you go about increasing sales depends on your circumstances and how…
One way of finding new customers for your products and services is by…
If you’re looking to grow your business by improving your products and…
If you’re planning to develop new products and services, you should test…
As your business expands, you’ll need more capacity to produce or provide…
Business mentors can help you develop your ideas for growth by sharing…
This collection brings together all documents relating to Small Business Survey reports dating back to 2007 to 2008.
Set up and run a business partnership - naming a partnership, registering with HMRC, partnership tax returns and legal responsibilities
In a partnership, you and your partner (or partners) personally share…
You can trade under your own names, or you can choose another name for…
You must register your partnership for Self Assessment with HM Revenue and…
This series brings together all documents relating to Mid-sized businesses
What you need to do to start a business: choose a legal structure, see if you need licences and insurance, learn about reliefs and benefits
Get business support and advice over the phone and online - setting up and running a business.
Resources for businesses.
Toolkit of resources associated with the 10 steps taken by effective local partnerships.
The rules for employment agencies and businesses: licences, vulnerable people, opting out, job advertisements, transfer fees, trade unions, terms and conditions and contracts, travel and accommodation for work-seekers
Guidance for UK companies on winning business from international aid and development projects.
We are the department for economic growth. We support businesses to invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the country. DBT is a ministerial department, supported by 20 agencies and public bodies .
Information for UK businesses on political, economic and security risks when trading overseas.
Who can set up employee ownership, employee shares and engagement, employee directors, model documentation
BEIS existed until 2023 when it was split to form the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). Responsibility for national security and...
Includes Corporation Tax, Capital Gains Tax, Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) and VAT
The Business Basics Programme was designed to test innovative ways of encouraging small and medium sized enterprises to adopt existing technologies and management practices to improve their productivity.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) have merged to form the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). For information on education and skills, see the Department for...
You must register with your local authority to run a food business.
When a business changes owner, employees could be protected under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) regulations (TUPE) - types of transfers, your rights, contracts, redundancy, where to get help
Find out your VAT obligations if you use an online marketplace to sell goods in the UK.
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