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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…
Tips at work do not count towards the National Minimum Wage - tips and tax, what your employer has to do, advice and help, cash in hand payments
If you get tips at work they do not count towards the National Minimum…
You have to pay Income Tax on any tips you get, and may have to pay…
Guidance for UK companies on winning business from international aid and development projects.
FCDO travel advice for Colombia. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Information on how UK companies can control risks when doing business in Mexico.
Information on how UK companies can control risks when doing business in Thailand.
Resources for businesses.
Find out if your business needs to publish a tax strategy, what it should include and when to publish it.
Information on how UK businesses can control risks when operating in Indonesia.
This series brings together all documents relating to business expenses and hospitality received for DECC's Permanent Secretary and Directors General.
Watch our caseworkers' top tips to make sure your applications are complete and correct. Avoid more than 20 common requisition points.
This guidance provides information on the main security and political risks which UK businesses may face when operating in Poland.
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
The responsibility for your company’s money lies with you, the director.
Find out if simplified expenses suits your business. Compare what expenses you can claim using simplified expenses with what you can claim by working out the actual costs.
A series of publications relating to the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act.
Business plans - download free templates and get help writing a business plan
This series brings together all documents relating to the SME business barometer.
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