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Challenges of exporting
Challenges of exporting include market research, export paperwork and financing.
Choosing the right export markets
Focusing on export market opportunities that suit your strengths.
Assess your skills and resources for exporting
Exporting demands extra time, money and skills.
Manage export contracts and logistics
Understanding export contracts, delivery and payments.
Plan your export market entry strategy
Choosing the right distribution channels and ways of promoting your product in overseas markets.
Use the right export support services
Government help for exporters and other sources of information and support.
Preparing to export
Assessing whether you are ready to export and planning your approach.
Export checklist: review your export readiness
Export readiness review: planning, marketing and export procedures.
Accounting for VAT on goods moving between Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Information about when you can, or need to, account for VAT on your tax return if you're a UK VAT-registered business.
Open a pop-up shop: 6 things you should know
Top tips for setting up a pop-up shop in retail spaces to start a business or promote a new product line or service.
Setting up a pop-up shop - Home Restaurant (video)
Find out how Home Restaurant used the pop-up shop business model to test the market for their eatery.
Running a family business - Mash Direct (video)
Martin and Tracy Hamilton explain how they use the skills of each family member to create an award-winning business.
Confirmation statement (previously annual return)
How to make annual checks on the information Companies House has about your company is correct and how to make changes.
Signs, stationery and promotional material
Rules around signs, stationery and promotional material for limited companies, on websites, letters and invoices.
Running a limited company
An overview of the rules and responsibilities when you run a limited company including reporting requirements.
Company and accounting records
How to manage company and accounting records in your limited company and what to do if you encounter problems.
Company changes you must report
How to report a change to your company's registered office address, business contact details or company secretaries.
Taking money out of a limited company
Taking money out of a company will depend on salaries, expenses, benefits, dividends, tax and directors' loans.
Limited company director responsibilities
What a company director must legally do including registering for Self Assessment and filing a Company Tax Return.
Legal and financial costs expenses
What you can claim for accountancy, legal and other professional fees and information on how to write off bad debts.