Originally written by Timothy Adler on Small Business
Small Business has launched Start a New Business, a digital guide taking would-be entrepreneurs through every stage of setting up a business.
Start a New Business provides a step-by-step guide to launching a company, covering everything from having that crucial business idea to forming your company, creating a website and having back-end systems in place, from accountancy and bookkeeping through to hiring your first employee.
Other topics covered will include:

How to market research your business idea
Drawing up a business plan
Are you a sole trader or limited company?
How to choose a business bank account
Which online payments system is best for you?
Finding a business premises
Negotiating a commercial lease
Guides to digital marketing
Exporting for the first time

And the Start a New Business library will be added to with new how-to articles and best of guides over the coming months.
Plus Start a New Business will be going on the road, inviting would-be entrepreneurs to three live events in London (April 22), Birmingham (May 6) and Glasgow (tbc).
Each live event will feature a Q&A with a noted entrepreneur explaining their start-up journey, as well as case studies from other local companies and presentations.
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