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• Start-ups and tax
• If you're even reading this subheading then that's a good start: you're facing up to the less glamorous side of running a small business.
• See more in: tax, income tax, national insurance, corporation tax, VAT, business rates, stamp duty, capital gains tax, tax breaks, capital allowances, tax relief, guides

• How long should you keep books and records?
• Andrew Small, Joint Managing Director at Franaccounts, answers the question for you.
• See more in: tax, legal, books, records, VAT, PAYE, guides

• A guide to business insurance
• Overview of key small-business insurances, such as public liability, professional indemnity and building and contents cover.
• See more in: business, insurance, commercial, cover, expenses, public, liability, indemnity, professional, legal, small, building, contents, employers

• Relocate to Canada
• Canada is being increasingly recognised as the place to do business in. It regularly outranks its fellow G8 partners in GDP ratings.
• See more in: relocate, relocation, Canadian, abroad, overseas, country, economy, guides

• How to find an accountant
• How good is your accounting, bookkeeping and tax knowledge? Probably not good enough to avoid hiring an accountant, says Mark Lee of the Tax Advice Network.
• See more in: tax, accountancy, accountants, bookkeepers, bookkeeping, tax advisors, tax advisers, guides

• Deal or no deal?
• What to look for when buying or selling a business, by expert in merger and acquisitions Philip Marsden.
• See more in: buy a business, sell a business, management buyouts, MBOs, guides

• Resources guide: raising finance
• Money should not necessarily be an object, as there are no shortage of organisations out there to help you raise finance to start or buy a business.
• See more in: resources, links, directory, buy a business, start a business, startups, finance

• VAT registration
• When VAT was introduced to the UK in 1973 the Chancellor said it was a simple tax. But if it was true then, it certainly isn't true that VAT registration is simple now...
• See more in: VAT, registration, tax, regressive, prices, goods, services, guides

• Relocate to... Greece
• Be inspired and make one of your favourite holiday hotspots your home. Small-business ideas are increasingly able to flourish thanks to the government's pro-business agenda.
• See more in: relocate, Greece, Greek, European, abroad, overseas, country, economy, guides

• Joe the Plumber sparks interest in business buying
• America loves its workaday entrepreneurial heroes. One which has captured the headlines in the US presidential elections has fuelled an interest in buying businesses, according to BusinessesForSale.com.
• See more in: plumbers, plumbing, buy a business, buying, US, America, elections, election, Obama, McCain, news

• Personal phone calls cost business £1m a day
• Business phones are being abused for personal use suggests new research.
• See more in: mobile phones, VAT, tax, telecom expense management, HR, news

• Pubs
• A third of the adult population drinks in pubs, but profits in the trade were down 15% in 2007. So what are the prospects for new pub landlords in 2008?
• See more in: pubs, alcohol, leisure, licensing, bars, guides

• Userful device slashing carbon emissions - and costs
• Start-ups can cut down on IT costs and their electricity bill and help the environment thanks to technology made by a Canadian company.
• See more in: DiscoverStation, cutting electricity bills, cutting costs, carbon emissions, CO2, environment, environmental, carbon footprint, guides

• History of business – regulation in the Middle Ages
• Bureaucracy is a major bugbear of small-business owners, but even hundreds of years ago there were plenty of hoops for the small businessman to jump through.
• See more in: Middle Ages, bureaucracy, red tape, regulations, merchant guilds, craft guilds

• A good time to buy a pub, says broker
• It might seem counter-intuitive, but now, amid turmoil in the trade and wider economy, could be a good time to buy a pub.
• See more in: pubs, pub, buy a business, buy, buying, drinking, drink, alcohol, news

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