small business start up

[pingu748]

Any recomendations on where to go for advice on starting up a small business ... all I have is the idea ... I want to do a feasibilty study first on start up costs / employing staff / how to rent premises / vat & tax etc etc ... I realise banks may help but is am looking ideally for personal input from those that have done it as well as proper business info ...

[Dassie]

You'll find a wealth of info at www.businesslink.gov.uk

[Oneeyedvic]

depending n where youare in the country there are usually government backed courses. In Norfolk we have www.neatbusiness.co.uk which is part of the Chamber of Commerce and wwwnwes.org.uk - another company which run courses on how to run businesses.

You can also try www.startups.co.uk and if you want a business plan template, pop into NatWest - they will give you one free.

[dappleby]

If you contact your local council they will probably have an enterprise council - these run free business start up training courses. Although it seems that some of these are being closed in favour of business link, which tends to be more of a Multi level marketing excercise than useful to start ups