Product Description

'A must for any small business owner'

Federation of Small Businesses

Starting your own business can be a daunting task. The Financial Times Guide to Business Start Up is a comprehensive and trusted guide that will cover every important aspect of your business start up. It offers essential guidance on everything from developing your business idea, to your obligations as an employer. It remains the only small business guide to be updated annually, making it the most up-to-date resource and reference book for anybody serious about starting and growing their own business.

This edition has been completely revised to reflect the latest tax and legal changes to coincide with the budget announcement. It also offers valuable advice on all of the crucial areas of running a business, and has

been fully updated to reflect today’s business environment, including a new section on e-marketing.

Starting a business can feel risky – but this annually updated guide covers all the bases and will ensure both you and your business are heading for success.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #156113 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-25
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 456 pages

From the Back Cover

‘As comprehensive an introduction to setting up a business as anyone could need.’

The Daily Telegraph

‘The Wisden of the small business world … threaded through with common sense practical advice.

The Daily Mail

‘A must for any small business owner.’

Federation of Small Businesses

Starting your own business can be a daunting task. If you’re ready to start your own business or have already taken the plunge and want to keep everything on track, then make sure you have a copy of The Financial Times Guide to Business Start Up on your shelf.

Annually updated, this edition covers the latest legal and financial changes you need to be aware of following the 2008 Budget including the effects of the May 2008 'mini-Budget'. 

The book covers every important aspect of your business start up, with essential guidance on everything from developing your business idea to winning new customers.

If you’re serious about starting your own business, you need to keep this book within easy reach.

About the Author

Sara Williams is the Chief Executive of Aim-quoted Vitesse Media PLC, an information publisher that specialises in business, investment and tax. She is a former investment analyst and finance lecturer. She has also had a successful finance and business journalism career where she contributed to many major newspapers, including The Financial Times and appeared regularly on radio and TV.

Customer Reviews

Probably the best starter book of its kind
Having bought a couple of books on startinig a business, I either found them too basic and patronising, too American or simply not helpful but this book is excellent. It gives lots of highly useful advice especially on finance, tax and how to approach taking an income and the tax implications. As it's updated annually it's very up to date and has proven invaluable to me. If nothing else, it will help you ask the right questions and point you in all the right directions. Overall, the best book of its kind.

Check it out - this sets the benchmark amongst similar titles
Prentice Hall and the FT seek to set the gold standard and this helpful and accessible volume succeeds. It is a useful aide memoire for the skilled practitioner and a supportive resource for the newcomer that gives the basics and then allows deeper engagement too. It should be possible to tell if this is for you with a quick skim - and I suspect for many it will be in the basket and adding value to your business life very quickly.

Business books, who needs them?
Actually this book is good, it makes sense!! Which is more than can be said for most! I actually coped with this quite well and it's full of little tips. Well worthwhile.