Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Legal advice
If you have thought of an idea on which to base your business, then it is certainly worth trying to protect it with the law, in case someone tries to copy your idea.
Finding and selling to customers
Many business ideas never get off the ground if that first sale can't be achieved.
Accounting
The legal form of your business is an important decision to make. If you are setting up a business with others, you can choose between partnership, limited company, limited liability partnership or co-operative.
News
Small businesses are leaving it too late to take action over cash flow problems, according to the Better Payment Practice Group (BPPG).
Office & home working
Setting up office at home is a good way to begin to experience what it is like starting a business. It will give you an idea of the costs and equipment required.
News
Small business organisation the Forum of Private Businesses (FPB) has condemned the proposed review of employment laws announced by Trade & Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt.
News
Advertisers hoping to exploit the internet more effectively should pay close attention to the Five Golden Rules for Internet Advertising, a guide recently produced by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB).
News
A shift is taking place in the direct marketing world that has direct implications for SMEs.
Business Technology
Small media companies operating websites would have to restrict or abandon cookies, a widely used web advertising and e-commerce tool, if proposed legislation from the European Union is implemented.
Accounting
With the European Directive on late payments coming into effect in less than three months, the Forum of Private Business is advising small businesses to revise their terms of trade now to reap the benefits.
News
Small businesses that offer staff training are more likely to improve their business performance according to a major new survey conducted by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).
News
The majority of small companies that operate websites are exhibiting low levels of compliance with the Data Protection Act that came into effect in October 2001. And even those that show high levels of compliance are doing so "more by accident than design."