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Forming a Business
Choosing the Legal Form
Limited Company
Becoming Limited
Sole Trader or Partnership
Choosing a Name
Other Legal Requirements
A Common Pursuit

Forming a Business

Whether you are forming your first business or adding to an existing one, it pays to set it up correctly. Choosing the wrong business structure will expose you to unnecessary costs and risks. Failing to address the key practical issues can result in you falling out with business partners.

This briefing focuses on:

  • The relative advantages of trading as a limited company, a limited liability partnership, a partnership or a sole trader.
  • The mechanics of setting up a business, to comply with the law.
  • Choosing a name for your business.
  • The most important practical issues -- agreeing the strategy and key operational and personnel issues.
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