Federation for this type of business and association of that . . .when anyone in the UK wants to stat their own business, there are a few questions that must and should be asked before any funds or valuable time are spent . . . or wasted.  It doesn’t really matter how big  or small…

There are high numbers of small business start ups every year.  This all started back in the years when we had Covid and the country went mad.  All the firms that had to furlough employees and self employed folk reaslised the benefit of being registered to pay tax on their earnings qualified them for government…

One critical thing about starting up a business is having the knowledge of where to turn to keep things on an even keel.  It’s all very well knowing how to interest pals and family in that new scheme of yours.  Getting the business up and running, on sure footing, and for longer than just a…

Starting a business needs tenacity and dedication to your aims of making money and supplying good service and products to your customers;  it needs someone who has great confidence in their abilities to effectively run the business.  Whatever one can do, there is no harm in enquiring into joining a federation or association for small…

The busy businessman can often find time for that morning chat about footie or last night’s films but they may not find the same enthusiasm for sorting out the small matter of insurances for his company.  Not every business needs insurance as a legal requirment, but the majority will.   To safeguard any company, some policies…

When someone thinks they want to make a break from, their familiar work pattern and say branch out on their own, it is truly daunting.  Once the initial excitement is over and the planning starts, the realisation that it’s not a game suddenly crashes in.  If banking assistance is to be sought, they all have…

Every business whether long term or a newbie start up needs to run on solid and disciplined lines.  It’s very easy for someone to decide they have a good talent for a service or supply of something and assume that a few interest parties would make up a whole customer network.  Things like that don’t…

It is incredible how much of an attention battering we get when choosing to watch the biggest public video platform over here.  If you don’t pay extra for the service without adverts, then you are bombarded with saturation advertising.  Of course with our business being public to everyone, you only have to make a mild…

Now when it comes to striking out and making a business, the thorny question looms, such as to go sole-trader or self employed;  to make it a limited liability company early on just in case it takes off and gets up around the £100K turnover too soon.  It then becomes a tax liability to retain…