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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
Includes self-employment and starting a business
A guide to starting and growing a business from home.
Business plans - download free templates and get help writing a business plan
Set up and run a business partnership - naming a partnership, registering with HMRC, partnership tax returns and legal responsibilities
Running a business from home - insurance, business rates, expenses, tax allowances
Loans and mentoring for people looking to start or grow a business in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Get business support and advice over the phone and online - setting up and running a business.
Steps to take if you want to provide a service or set up a business in the UK.
Steps to help grow your business - finding finance, mentors, increasing sales and developing products and services
A free-to-access one-week online programme to help you start a business or become self-employed in England.
Guide to support people who want to start-up or develop a business.
What you need to do if you set up as a sole trader - check your employment status, understand your obligations, and register for tax.
Register as a sole trader with HM Revenue and Customs - your legal responsibilities if you run a business as a self-employed sole trader.
What makes you self-employed, what counts as trading and what to do, including registering for Self Assessment.
Report by Lord Young, Enterprise Advisor to the Prime Minister on the UK enterprise environment and support available to small businesses.
Start a business to help people or communities - business structures including community interest companies and co-operatives
Incorporate a private limited company - register it with Companies House and rules on directors, shares, articles of association and telling HMRC about the company
The next generation of business leaders have received over £100 million worth of support from the Government backed Start Up Loan Scheme
Apply for a Start-up visa if you've been endorsed for a business idea: eligibility, documents, switch to this visa, bring your family.
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