Start a business: ideas and advice

• Buy a business

  • Why buy a business?

• Setting up a company

  • Forming a limited company
  • Registering as a sole trader

• Business financing

  • Raising finance
  • Corporate Venturing

• Setting up a website

  • Business websites
  • Budget and DIY websites

• Product suppliers

  • Sourcing product suppliers
  • What is wholesaling?

• Sales process

  • The sales process
  • Negotiation

• Social enterprise

  • What is social enterprise?
  • Social entrepreneurs

• Entrepreneur skills

  • Time management
  • Personal development

• Working from home

  • Financing your home working
  • Working from home tax tips

• Taking on staff

  • Building the right team
  • Interview techniques

• News

• Start a franchise

• Entrepreneurs

• Guides

• Start a business

Starting your own business will be one of the most important decisions you will make in your life. But whether you are setting up as a home business entrepreneur or in separate premises, there will be some challenging times ahead. A home business entrepreneur has the advantage of low start-up costs and zero travelling times. They might also have the added benefit of having family and friends close to hand. But some types of companies can only be run from a business-dedicated site. Good entrepreneurship involves taking a strong idea and embellishing it with sound business decisions, wherever you are based. We aim to cover all the major areas needed for your business to succeed and for you to learn the essential tenets of entrepreneurship. You may already have read entrepreneur magazines filled with ideas and tips designed to take your business forward. However, there are few more dedicated entrepreneur magazines than Startups.co.uk. There are thousands of web pages of useful material for you – far more than in most other entrepreneur magazines. There are also numerous business ideas and techniques that can be applied to all types of businesses. But for the most part, entrepreneurship is about choosing what is best for your particular business idea. This channel will give you the best possible idea as to what is involved in going it alone, where you can find help and how others have fared when starting up a business. At startups.co.uk we cover all types of companies, from those ran by a home business entrepreneur to more adventurous schemes that involve large outlays of cash to get started.