Tag: business name

  • Set up and register a partnership

    Set up and register a partnership

    This guide looks at the requirements that ordinary partnerships have to meet. A partnership is a relatively simple and flexible way for two or more people to own and run a profit-making business together. Social enterprises and other non-profit making organisations should not use this business structure. Unlike the shareholders in a limited company, the…

  • Set up and register as self-employed

    Setting up as a self-employed sole trader is the simplest and quickest way to start a business. There isn’t much paperwork to do. There are no registration fees to pay, but you must register with HM Revenue & Customs for tax and National Insurance purposes. Record keeping and accounting is straightforward, and there are the…