Introduction to Self Employment
Taking the necessary steps to become self employed and set up your own small business is a relatively straight-forward process providing you have all the information you need to make the many decisions that are inevitable as part of the setting-up process. A good deal of thought needs to first be given to your decision so this page should be read in conjunction with the next two sections relating to Business Planning and Choosing the Legal Status of your Business.
Time for some basic questions
Are you ready to start trading and just need to know what you have to do to register for self employment etc? CLICK HERE to go to our page with the answers you need.
Would you like to find a source of localised objective advice before you start?– Click on the following link to the Home Page for BUSINESS LINK , enter your postcode in the Search Box to find your local Business Link.
Could you do with more information to help clarify your Business idea? - We have obtained access to a valuable range of Business Opportunity Profiles, practical Factsheets that review the legal requirements if any, start up costs and training needed to set up hundreds of different types of businesses. Their Profiles also provide hints and tips for researching customers and competitors, and list essential sources of further information. CLICK HERE to see the full Business Opportunity Profile Index of available Factsheets.
Would you like to understand more about Self Assessment? - CLICK HERE to be taken to the HMRC pages about Self Assessment. It is important to understand your responsibilities in this area.
Are you still uncertain about the idea of becoming self employed? – You might want to consider the question of what self employment means and how it might affect your family. CLICK HERE to see what we think.
Are you worried about how your Credit Position might affect your new Business? - Recession or no recession, it is a good idea in any event to know what's on your Credit File. CLICK HERE to go the our page on this for the answers to all credit related questions.
If you have any other question that you would like to ask us about your becoming self employed and how to go about it, feel free to ask us a question. Click on the CONTACT US link to send us a question, we look forward to hearing from you.
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