Business
Plan
- https://www.gov.uk/write-business-plan
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2943252.stm
- http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/need_help/enterprise_programme/help_with_your_business_plan.aspx
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/small-business-network/2012/jul/06/business-plan-writing-tips
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_proposition
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unique_selling_proposition
Setup
- http://www.contractoruk.com/first_timers/setting_up_your_contractor_company.html
- https://www.cloud9umbrella.com/Comparisons.aspx
- http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/tm.htm - trademark
- http://www.sjdaccountancy.com/about/ourservices/difference_between_contractor_and_consultant.html
- http://www.differencebetween.net/business/difference-between-freelance-and-contract/
- http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/go-freelance-guide/who-am-i-freelancer-contractor-or-small-business/
- http://www.contractoruk.com/first_timers/why_companies_employ_contractors_a_contractor_s_view.html
Sole Trader
Contract
- http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/ir35/index.htm
- http://www.contractorcalculator.co.uk/contractors_ir35_compliant_contracts.aspx
- Contractor UK - home to the UK's IT contracting community
Company
You must set up the company with Companies House and let HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) know when the company starts business activities.
Every financial year, the company must:
put together statutory accounts send Companies House an annual return send HMRC a Company Tax Return The company must register for VAT if you expect its takings to be more than £77,000 a year.
If you’re a director of a limited company, you must:
fill in a Self Assessment tax return every year pay tax and National Insurance through the PAYE system if the company pays you a salary
Social Enterprise
Corporate
Information
- Docracy - Open Legal Documents
- http://www.businessinsider.com/document-center - american
Software licensing
Lookup any software license shortly summarized in plain English.
Ideas and other
to sort
- Designing Presentations
- How to Give a Great Presentation: Timeless Advice from a Legendary Adman, 1981
Examples
- http://www.inigo.net/ - edinburgh web design