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Understand the types of company you can set up Click here for the Business Link page
SAVE MONEY
For loads of smart ways to save money & get FREE essentials Click here to visit our FREE Save Money Section
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CHOOSE A NAME FOR YOUR COMPANY
Check availability of limited company names Click here to check names on the Companies House website
PURCHASE A COMPANY NAME
The Company Wizard - Limited company formation from £24.99 Click here for Company Wizard
GET A WEBSITE
How to purchase a corresponding web domain name Click here for Easy Space domain names
UNDERSTANDING TAX
Understand the tax implications for a start-up Click here for the HMRC page
BUSINESS BANKING
Get the best deal on your business banking Click here for the bba website
CHECK GRANTS
Are you eligible for grants? Contact us!
FIND AN ACCOUNTANT
How to find a great accountant Click here to find a Chartered Accountant
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GET FREE ADVERTISING
Get free advertising and increased visibility with Google Local Business. It's a very effective way to market your business; it takes half an hour and is completely FREE. Visit: http://www.google.com/local/add
10 WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR COMMUNICATION
Get your communications right, says Sarah Warwick, and your business will win more customers. In this expert feature written for 'Enterprise Nation', Sarah offers ideas on how to go about it. She's a lady with experience in this area, being a journalist, editor and copywriter and now offering communications advice via www.businesssmiths.co.uk Read the article here
OUR TOP TIP: SAVE TIME!
When you register with any online directory, they are likely to sell on your details, meaning you may be inundated with sales calls. So I use a false surname and that way when I get calls for ‘Simon Homes’, I know they are unwanted sales calls and can deal with them as such, saving a surprising amount of time!
LAUNCH YOUR OWN COUNTRY BUSINESS COMPETITION
Business Smiths have teamed up with Country Homes & Interiors to provide one lucky winner over £6,000 worth of small business expertise to help a launch or develop an existing country business. Competition closes April 2010.
Click here to read all about it: competition.pdf Click here for an entry form: entry_form.pdf-
£10,000 Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2010
If you're aged 16-30 and have been running your own business for more than 3 months but less than 18 months, this annual competition could see you walk away with a £10,000 cash injection plus support from top PR agency Blue Rubicon - be quick... closes 6th September
Visit http://www.shell-livewire.org/awards/
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