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How to Start a Business in Tower Hamlets

Free start-up resources and useful local contacts.

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How to Start a Business in Tower Hamlets

Starting a business in Tower Hamlets

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

Start Your Own Business in Tower Hamlets 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 Tower Hamlets

Free Startup Guide

Start Your Own Business in Tower Hamlets

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 Tower Hamlets 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 Tower Hamlets

Key Contacts in Tower Hamlets

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

Tower Hamlets 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.

Design

iamyourdesigner
We’re not a branding company, strategy consultancy, a web design studio, an advertising agency or a new business development company. But we do all of those things because they, in combination, get’s businesses growing. iamyourdesigner is a London-based agency dedicated to supporting cross sector businesses in their quest for new clients and growth. Business development is a crucial part of any businesses marketing plan. An outsourced design agency should integrate with your activities to deliver the best results and make you stand out from your competitors. How we do this is by supporting you to identify interesting brand and business opportunities, and get you in front of your desired clients.
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Advice

Federation of Small Businesses
Federation of small businesses are experts in business and were formed in 1974 and are here to help by providing SME's with COVID-19 advice/ legal help & advice covering HR / H&S / Taxation / Business Insurance / Debt Recovery / Access to Funding / Cyber Protection / Crisis Management / Webinars / Networking and much more. In these times of uncertainly, the last place you want to be when it comes to business, is on your own! Membership with FSB means you are never alone and have access to experts in many different fields of business. If you have any more questions just drop me a text or call me direct on 07956 365903
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Property

Able Surveyors Limited
Able Surveyors provides an exhaustive number of services in property and land management in commercial and private property to clients across London. Our team of RICS approved chartered surveyors understand that your property is a massive investment, therefore we ensure our expert advice is honest and fully informative. Visit our website today for a full list of services.
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Accountancy

WallsMan Creative
WallsMan Creative provides business support, tax and accountancy services for people and brands working within the creative industries. From TV to tattoos, architects to artists, fashion to food, bitcoin to branding – if creativity is at your heart we would love to help you! We are Chartered Accountants, payroll clerks, bookkeepers and tax advisers who eat sleep and breath the creative industries Our portfolio of creatives goes from the individual to established companies, and we love them all the same. We are enthusiastic about what you do and how we can help. We would be privileged to join you on your journey of growth, development, profitability or world domination—whatever it is you are striving for, we can help.
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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

Tower Hamlets Business support and advice
Whether you are starting your own business or looking to expand, Tower Hamlets Council can offer business support and advice to all business in the borough. Information on funding programmes, health and safety at work and other opportunities are all available. There are also a number of local business support agencies, London regional agencies, and national agencies that can provide expert advice and training.
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Advice

University of East London
With our Start-Up series of workshops we will help you learn all the fundamentals of business start-up. On completion of the programme you should have the first draft of your business plan and a better understanding of where you would like to take things next! No experience necessary.
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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