Small & medium business

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  •  Finding your customers

    If your customers can’t find you, they can’t buy from you. Here’s a simple guide to making yourself visible to potential customers.

  •  Sorting out where to work

    Whether you’re starting up a small home business, or planning something bigger, where you work is going to be very important to your business.

  •  Creating your company

    Sole trader, limited partnership, limited company… we explain the best type of business for you.

  •  Creating a business plan

    Having a business plan isn’t just a nice option – it’s an essential tool to starting your business, no matter what your size.

  •  Finding the money

    Making sure you have enough money in place is a vital part of surviving the first year. Here’s our guide to finding extra money.

Our top tips

  1. Make sure everything is planned out well in advance of starting.

  2. Get the right technology in place before you start in business.

  3. If you need staff, take extra care to hire the right people before you start.

  4. Talk to your bank early – they can give you plenty of help and advice over finance

More...

  • How to set up the perfect home office

    Working at home can be a great benefit. But making sure your home office is right takes more than a few pot plants.

  • How Tyrells took on the giants

    Find out how Tyrells founder William Chase produced a potato-based snack retailing at twice the price of a regular bag of crisps

  • Five ways to get more repeat business

    We help you unlock the secrets of getting your customers back for more – over and over again.

  • Building a successful brand

    How do you make the leap from being a name to being a brand?

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