This guide has been designed to assist you to identify many of the regulations and laws that may affect your business at key stages of your business start-up and early development journey. It provides an essential overview of the laws and regulations that you need to be aware of and it signposts you to online information sources that will help you to understand the details so that you can comply with them.
The guide follows three key stages of business start-up, namely:
• Business Set-Up
• Getting Ready to Trade
• Trading within the law
It highlights key activities involved at each of these business development stages and identifies a selection of laws that govern these activities, drawing your attention to them so that you can read up on the detail and discover just what is needed to comply with them. Please refer to the accompanying topic guides to assist you to explore and understand a range of related business topics.
Intended Readers: This guide is primarily aimed to assist individuals who are thinking about starting their first business venture and/or those who have just started to trade and want to ensure that they are aware of the laws that affect their business and how to comply with them.
By reading the explanations provided and following the website links contained in the guide, you should be able to gain important information and insights about the many and varied laws that are in place governing much of the activities involved in establishing and running a business in the UK. The knowledge and understanding you gain from the time and effort you put into learning about these laws and how to comply with them, will better prepare you to successfully navigate your way through the challenges of setting up and building a successful and profitable business.
It is recommended that you read around the topic area when using this guide to further broaden your understanding of business development and governance. You should also consider speaking to a professional business advisor, competent legal professional, solicitor and/or lawyer who can answer any specific questions you may have.
