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With BusinessWings Starting a Business channel find out how to start a small business by reading articles and guides on all elements of the startup process – from starting a new business, to how to raise finance and how to write a business plan, to choosing a name for your business and forming a company, BusinessWings has helpful hints, tips and guides to get you started. So if you’re thinking of starting a business, or you’re in the early stages of establishing a business start-up, you’ll find plenty of valuable businesses help from business experts and entrepreneurs.
Selling your business: The serious buyer
The key to being a serious buyer is to have thoughtful answers to a number of important questions at the ready.
Finding a bookkeeper
A bookkeeper is vital in your first year of business, says Business Support Finder’s Julian Rowe.
Selling your business: seller financing
A loan from the seller to the buyer, seller financing can rescue a deal where bank funding isn’t forthcoming.
Selling your business: seller financing
Seller financing is a commonly used, useful substitute for bank finance.
Reduction in investment allowance a big loss
From April 2012 the threshold plummets by 75% - a travesty, says Henry Edjelbaum.
Raising finance & perils of website building
Julian Rowe on resisting giving a personal guarantee and why so many websites fail.
A-Z of start-ups: C is for...
C stands for competition, costs, costs of marketing and customer service.
Starting a business when you're unemployed
Whether recently redundant, long-term unemployed or entering the job market for the first time, here's some advice.
Shop insurance: a guide
Which trades need it? What if you don't take out cover? What kind of cover do you need?
Other Starting a Business Articles
- A-Z of starting a business: B...
- Top small-business accountant Norman Younger also discusses business premises, budgets and breaking even.
- 10 ideas to make your next business plan soar
- Writing an effective business plan can help you secure investment to launch your business.
- Franchises for sale: finance advice for franchisees Video
- HSBC's Cathryn Hayes on how to raise finance to buy a franchise.
- Seven tips for obtaining a business loan
- Work out what you need, research your options and support your application to get loan financing.
- The cost of late payment to SMEs
- Understanding how to manage your credit effectively might make the difference between survival and failure.
- 'Credit easing' won't help if mired in red tape
- Unimpressed by the Enterprise Finance Guarantee, finance expert Henry Ejdelbaum is cynical about the government's new iniative.
- Launching a UK business in Australia
- Finding a franchisee is imperative in the successful launch of a British brand in Oz.
- HMRC should target uncollected VAT
- Uncollected VAT, which totals £11.4bn, rather than income tax, is the low-hanging fruit, argues Henry Ejdelbaum.
- You can design your own logo
- Simon Monahan of Serif on what makes a great logo and how you need not hire an expensive agency.
- Double Dutch or Triple A (AAA)?
- Henry Edjelbaum investigates the prospects for SME finance with the economy on the brink of a double dip.
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