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Set up a business

Choosing a legal structure when you're starting a business: the differences between being a sole trader and a limited company, including legal risk, registration and taxes.

Ownership of copyright works

Ownership of copyright works may depend on the circumstances under which the work was created.

Updated: 19 August 2014

Become a sole trader

Become a sole trader with HM Revenue and Customs - your legal responsibilities if you run a business as a self-employed sole trader.

What a sole trader is
A sole trader is a type of business. It’s the simplest business structure…
Choose your business name
You can trade under your own name, or you can choose another name for your…
Register as a sole trader
You register as a sole trader by registering for Self Assessment. You must…

Using somebody else's intellectual property

Buy or get someone's permission to use a patent, trade mark, design or work under copyright

Intellectual property and your work

What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work.

Set up as a sole trader: step by step

What you need to do if you set up as a sole trader - check your employment status, understand your obligations, and register for tax.

CIV MEANS 1A: self-employed sole trader

This form is for clients and/or their partners who are self-employed sole traders.

IPTM3290 - Person chargeable: multiple interests: trusts created by more than one person