All "liability" articles
- 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
- Lease negotiation
- A brief article about how tenants can get a fair deal from their landlords.
- See more in: lease, property, renting, rent, tenant, tenancy, premises, offices, deposits, deposit, legal, guides
- Company formation checklist
- A guide to the key decisions you have to make when forming your company. By Brian McLelland, solicitor and Managing Director at Business Lawyers Ltd.
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- 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
- Home workers at risk without business insurance
- Home businesses are taking unnecessary risks due to the misconception that home-contents policies will cover them.
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- How I bought... computer franchise
- Chris Bartoszewicz had a successful career in print and design, but it was a passion for computers that decided his next step.
- See more in: Yorkshire, Leeds, computer, computers, repair, maintenance, franchise, franchisees, franchisee, buy a franchise, interviews
- Divorce: the implications for your business
- A guide to protecting your assets in the event of divorce, by Sonny Patel of RFB Solicitors.
- See more in: divorce, protecting assets, assets, legal, guides
- Forming your company
- Will you set up as a sole trader, a partnership or a limited company? A general guide to the various forms your business can take, as well as the implications of your choice. By Jonathan Roberts of RFB Solicitors.
- See more in: legal, company formation, startups, start a business, sole trader, partnerships, limited company, guides
- Employing immigrant workers
- Small businesses need to be more vigilant than ever about hiring foreign workers, says Laura Mitchell of Clarion Solicitors.
- See more in: HR, recruitment, immigration, immigrants, foreign workers, employees, staff, employment, hiring, legal, guides
- Don't blag your way through blogging
- Ben King, strategic director of bit10 ltd says companies must have a clear blogging policy in place before letting their employees loose on the net.
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- Preparing your franchise business plan
- How franchise buyers should write a business plan, by BFA-affiliated accountant Andrew Small.
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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
- Work from home: an introduction
- It's cheaper – significantly – it means you avoid the dreaded commute, and you can spend more time with your family. But there are drawbacks to running a small business from home.
- See more in: work from home, communications, telecommunications, virtual office, remote working, work from home, mobile working, IT, start a business, startups, guides
- Raising finance to buy a business
- Money makes the business world go round - and raising finance to buy a business is one of the hardest hurdles to surmount.
- See more in: funding, banks, loans, providers, angels, investment, venture capital, VCs, buy a business, guides
- Starting a food stall – Lloyd Mensah and Adwoa Hagan
- Can West African food ever be as popular as cuisines from South-east Asian or the Indian subcontinent? The success of this Ghanaian stall suggests yes...
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