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Bankruptcy
An outline of what bankruptcy is and how it can affect your business, income, assets and bank account.
Financial and management accounts
How to use financial and management accounts, analytical accounting tools and reduce the risk of fraud.
Employees, IT and environmental checks when buying a business
What you need to know about a business' employees, IT systems and environmental responsibilities before buying it.
Confidential information and confidentiality agreements
Understand your legal obligations when buying an existing business.
Marketing, entertainment and subscriptions expenses
What types of marketing, entertainment and subscriptions your business can claim as business expenses.
Reselling goods expenses
Details of some allowable business expenses self-employed persons can claim for when reselling goods.
Staff expenses
The types of allowable business expenses which you can claim for staff, and what you can't claim for.
Office, property and equipment expenses
How to claim business expenses for your office, property and equipment and an overview of eligible items.
Clothing expenses
What clothing items are classed as allowable business expenses that you can claim as expenses for your business.
How to assess a company's assets
Decide which assets you want to buy from the business and check the seller's intentions as regards those assets.
Grants: the basics
How to find a grant that suits your business and what makes a business eligible to receive one.
Using payment cards for your business
Advice on using payment cards for business expenditure and on increasing sales by accepting cards from customers.
Conducting research when buying a business
How to research and analyse information on an existing business you are thinking of buying.
Make yourself bankrupt
The bankruptcy process and your duties if you make yourself bankrupt.
Choose an insurance adviser for your business
How to create a clear report of your health and safety risks in order to find the right insurance broker.
Wind up a limited company that owes you money
How creditors can use compulsory winding-up orders to attempt to recover monies owed by an insolvent company.
Grow your retail business
Find out how to improve your retail business, attract more customers and grow your sales through tactics like visual merchandising and online retail.
Manage the risks of exporting
Learn how you can identify and manage export risks.
Getting paid when exporting
Guidance on reducing risks associated with receiving payments from selling goods or services internationally.
How to claim business expenses
How to keep on top of your business records in order to claim your business allowable expenses with HMRC.