4. Form your business

Date: 05 December 2008
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Once you have made up your mind to go ahead, you need to get to grips with the legal requirements for forming a business.

Setting up your business in the right way keeps costs down. It can also help prevent your working relationships turning sour, one of the major causes of business failure.

This briefing covers:

  • Deciding whether to operate as a sole trader, a partnership or a limited company.
  • Choosing a business name, and other legal requirements.
  • Agreements between business partners.

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Highlands and Islands Enterprise Cowan House, Inverness Retail and Business Park, Inverness IV2 7GF, Scotland
Tel: 01463 234171 Fax : 01463 244469 E-mail : info@hient.co.uk Chief executive: Sandy Cumming

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