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How to Start a Business in Sydenham

Free start-up resources and useful local contacts.

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How to Start a Business in Sydenham

Starting a business in Sydenham

If you are thinking about starting a business in Sydenham or would like to grow your existing business, we would love to help you.

Start Your Own Business in Sydenham contains resources and the information that will help give your venture the best chance of success. It also highlights organisations who offer friendly advice and the services that you are likely to need as a new startup or local business owner.

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Starting a business in Sydenham

Free Startup Guide

Start Your Own Business in Lewisham

Download the 2025 edition of our Free Start Your Own Business guide

An interactive step-by-step guide which also includes all of the most important subjects covered in an easy-to-read way with links to useful online articles and relevant contacts.

The idea of starting your own business can be incredibly exciting and who can blame you for being tempted?

However, the sad truth is that far too many new enterprises fail in the early stages. Our aim is to make sure that you don't become one of them.

This guide explains the key start-up subjects in simple English.

There is also plenty of help available in the area and much of it is free - please do make the most of it.

Read more about what our Free guide contains and how you can download it.

Local partners

We are happy to promote anyone who is prepared to offer friendly support to local start-ups.

Our local partners have been kind enough to help us and are keen to help you too.

Free Startup Resources

Getting it right from the start can help to prevent problems later.

To help you with this we have created a vast selection of resources and they are all completely free!

Local help for startups

There is plenty of help for startups in Sydenham but where can it be found?

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Latest articles

You don't know what you don't know!

The prospect of starting a new business can be incredibly exciting but should be approached with care. You have probably heard scary stories about how many start-ups fail in the early stages. You can make sure that you are not one of them by learning as much as possible before you launch. Over the years, we have collected lots of articles which will show you what has worked well for other start-ups and the putfalls to avoid.

Starting a business in Sydenham

Key Contacts in Sydenham

'You don't know what you don't know' is a phrase that is so applicable to starting a new business.

Sydenham is a great place for start-ups but your chances of success are dramatically improved if you make the most of the support that is available locally. Click on logos to visit their websites.

Advice

Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)
Hi, I'm your local membership advisor for the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). Most businesses do not grasp the depth of offering from the FSB, however it is indeed a very powerful ally for your business. As a member you get the following services and there are no additional charges. Some of these offering are immensely powerful during this difficult period especially the HR Protection, Legal documentation and Tax & VAT Helpline. FSB Member Services: Employment Protection and documentation, Legal Protection, guidance, advice and tribunal cover The Legal Hub with approx. 1200 documents to download: Tax Investigation, Protection, Insurance Services, where you should save on your outlays, Debt Recovery, and Business Banking. There are many additional services to support and save your business money and membership is 100% tax deductible, as its a business expense.
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Print

YouLovePrint
With extensive in-house production facilities and years of industry experience, the team are able to fulfil an array of commercial print requirements including but not restricted to books and magazines, leaflets and flyers, business cards and postcards and wall and desk calendars. All products come with a choice of sizes, paper types, orientations, binds and finishings.
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Networking

The Lonely Middle Club - From Startup Hive
Starting a business is exciting, and succeeding is rewarding, but what about the bit between? You know, that bit that’s full of self-doubt, endless repetition and feelings of being out of your comfort zone? We call it ‘The Lonely Middle’ and it’s one of the hardest parts of creating a successful business. We know, we’ve been there. So, we created The Lonely Middle Club to help you through it. Each month you get exclusive content to help give you the knowledge and inspiration to succeed. Plus, you get access to a private members-only Facebook group where you can get advice and network with small business owners who are going through similar challenges to you. If you want even more, you can download our 51 worksheets, guides, and journals all designed to do one thing, and one thing only… help you get through ‘The Lonely Middle’ and achieve your business goals. Visit our website today to join the club and benefit from our members price lock and full no questions asked money-back guarantee.
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Advice

Lewisham Business Advisory Service
Do you have a great business idea but don???t know where to start? Do you need advice and support to sustain your business through the economic downturn? Are you thinking of expanding your business here in Lewisham? The Lewisham Business Advisory Service is the first stop for local people and businesses who need advice and support. We provide free courses to help you start up in business. Experienced business advisors can help you produce a business plan and explain how to apply for loans and grants to start your business. There is a wide range of services designed to help businesses in the borough, including information, advice, mentoring and training services. Many of these services are free to businesses based in Lewisham and all are delivered by highly experienced business advisors.
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Start-up articles

100's of free startup articles

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