Starting a business

Most people when starting a business do so because they have a good business proposition, not necessarily because they are experts in all the financial and administrative aspects of running a business that you also need to get right in order to succeed.

These factors can often be quite daunting to the new entrepreneur starting a business, and this is where we can especially help by evaluating your ideas and assist in developing them into a feasible business plan and a successful business.

Some of the aspects we typically help start-up businesses with are:

• Talking through your plans and deciding on the most suitable legal structure for your business (eg sole trader, partnership. limited company)
• Helping with preparation of business plans, cash-flow projections, budgets, and trading forecasts to prove the financial viability of your ideas and demonstrate this to the bank and/or potential investors
• Helping assess your financial requirements and accessing the most appropriate sources of finance
• Helping set-up bank accounts and establishing good relationships with banks, solicitors, and other necessary professional advisors via our well-established network of professional contacts
• Carrying out the various necessary registration procedures with Companies House and HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to ensure you are trading legally
• Setting-up internal accounting and control systems for you which comply with statutory requirements
• Setting-up internal forecasting and reporting systems which help you to effectively control your business

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