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Welcome to The Business Start-up Source Book 

Amid all the current economic turmoil, small and start-up businesses, as they always have been, are going to be vital to the rebuilding of the UK economy. With small and start-up business accounting for 60-65% of all private sector employment, the UK’s small and start-up businesses are and will continue to be the backbone of the economy.

Creating and setting up a new business should not only be an exciting journey but also a successful one. By outlining your options, highlighting potential pitfalls, and explaining the legal aspects in plain English, The Business Start-Up Sourcebook is designed to save you time, make your choices clearer and decisions easier as well as give you helpful tips and advice that may come in handy as your business grows.

We hope to guide you through important stages of development for your business, covering the key topics including VAT, online payments, Insurance, accountancy, branding and finance as well as many more, helping you to keep moving, growing, and developing in the right direction as well as building a team and safeguarding the wealth and assets within your business..

Good luck from all at The Business Start-Up Source Book Team.

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HP Flexible Work Solutions

Now, more than ever, the challenges new start-ups face need brave solutions. As they say, fortune favours the brave. So, if its fortune we want, it’s brave we need. To succeed you need the best people on board and when the best people demand flexibility your...

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Cash Flow

1 - Start with good cash-flow forecasting Create and maintain a weekly or monthly cash-flow forecast to help identify when you might struggle to pay your Start by listing your expected cash receipts and your planned expenses to calculate the net cash balance. If...

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Getting ready for business finance

Getting ready for business finance Few businesses can get by without some form of financing. Even if you keep startup costs to a minimum, or bootstrap your business with your own funds and time, realistically at some point you’ll look for funding. So how do you...

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Overdue Payments

The Office of the Small Business Commissioner was established in December 2017 to tackle the late payment culture. This disproportionately impact the small business sector. We provide a free service to small firms to help them get overdue payments from their larger...

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Keep Connected

With the business world changed forever by the pandemic, and hybrid working split between home and the office here to stay, staying online and connected with your co- workers has never been more important. This is particularly true for small- and medium-sized...

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Your business finance options

Your business finance options There are many options to explore when you’re looking for business funding. What’s available to you will depend on a number of things. The legal structure and complexity of your business, whether you’re a startup or better established,...

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Website Security

Don’t dismiss the chances of your website getting hacked into. Hackers will target all types of websites no matter if it’s a business or not. Cyber security attacks can range from major corporations all the way to start-up’s yes start-up’s just like your business....

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Tech Help

Technological Evolution Technology is constantly changing and evolving. This can be a great thing for businesses, as it provides them with the opportunity to stay ahead of the game. The main challenge and difficulty can be keeping up with the speed in which...

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