Complying with the law must be one of your most important considerations and you may need to consult a solicitor to ensure that any legal decisions are made with full knowledge of the Laws that may affect your business.
This section should give you a good overview some of the most important issues. However, commercial law can be complex and we would strongly advise you to contact a local lawyer before committing yourself to any legally binding contracts.
The Important Business bits aside from Sales & Marketing and how to deal with them!
Regardless of your size or development stage, every business owner has to comply with many forms of business regulation, ranging from the obvious like taxation and employment law to the less apparent things such as data protection, health & safety and contractual law. These regulations are there to protect yourself, anyone who works with you and your customers. The Federation of Small Businesses exists to help business owners navigate the pathway to being compliant through advice, support, the documentation needed and even protection for when things do go wrong. So instead of having to deal with separate Solicitors, HR and Health & Safety professionals, we do it all for you.
Additional to this we also support and protect you on cybersecurity, crisis management, debt recovery, free business banking, payroll/pension service and all business insurance matters.
All this from only £3 per week.
We've been doing it now for 45 years and currently support over 160,000 businesses in the UK!
For more information, please visit www.fsb.org.uk or contact tim.brock@fsb.org.uk
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.
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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 and points to where you can find help and support.
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There is plenty of help for startups in Winchester but where can it be found?
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