Starting a business is the easy part!

Keeping it going profitably is an entirely different matter.

Start Your Own Business is designed to help anyone running their own business or thinking of doing so. The aim is to increase your chances of success by providing a selection of FREE start-up resources and to highlight the support that is available in each area.

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How to Start a Business

We have created a collection of 100s of startup articles to help anyone with whatever stage they are on with their business journey. Hundreds of thousands of people have gone before you and we can learn from what they got right and avoid the things that have been proved not to work so well.

You can see the full list of 'articles' at: How to Start a Business

FREE RESOURCES

Free Startup Resources

Everything that you need to get you started.

FREE Business Startup Pack

It is a common trait amongst entrepreneurs to just want to 'get on with it'. However, if you want to maximise your chances of success, it is worth putting in time and effort before you start to ensure that you have set-up correctly. This collection of resources has been put together to make the process as straight-forward as possible but also to ensure that you do not miss anything important.

The pack includes: Step-by-step guide, startup checklist, business plan template, cashflow forecast, prsonal survival planner, marketing plan template, business startup map and lots of relevant factsheets.

Other Free Startup Resources

We have scoured the globe to find the best FREE startup resources that are currently available to save you the trouble!

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Although there is a great deal of good quality information about starting a business, individually but it can be a struggle to apply all that theory.

Self-Care for the Self-Employed

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