Small Business Resources

   

This page contains some very selective small business links. Please scroll down for contractor-related resources.

Small Business Resources

• HMRC - HM Revenue & Customs - for Self Assessment, VAT, Income Tax, National Insurance, etc.
• Companies House - If you're setting up a Limited Company.
• Federation of Small Businesses - Largest small business representative group in the UK.
• British Franchise Association - Essential starting point if you're interested in franchising.
• UK Business for Sale - Buy or sell a business via the UK’s largest businesses for sale database. The website lists over 30,000 businesses for sale across business sectors.
• Enterprise Nation - Information and inspiration for homeworkers across the UK
• Business Plan Help - Good resource if you're thinking of writing a business plan.
• Now Lets Get Started - The complete one-stop-shopping check-list for business start-ups. . . .and some things you’ll need along the way. The site is easy to navigate and contains practical tips as well as links to a wide range of useful products and services.
• Find Networking Events - The online directory for UK Networking Events, Workshops, Seminars and Conferences. Search for business events in your local area!
• Branchout Ltd - specialise in starting up small businesses and organisations. A low hourly rate is charged to project manage your start up idea. You can keep your regular salary or day job while Branchout Ltd get your idea off the ground. You retain total control and business ownership.
• Society of Virtual Assistants - Resource for UK virtual assistants including searchable skills database for clients, and free website listing, forum and advice for VAs.
• Freelancealot - Provides professional virtual assistance and business services.

Alongside these IT contractor company listings, you can also view Contract Eye's extensive list of IT Contractor Umbrella Companies.

• Contract Eye - Excellent site for people thinking of starting out in IT Contracting - includes information on IR35 and Managed Service Companies
• ITJobsWatch - Provides a map of the UK IT jobs market, identifying the level of demand for particular IT skills with a guide to the average rates offered.
• IT Jobs - Thousands of IT Jobs in the UK and Europe.
• Danbro - Accounting solutions for contractors - Whether you choose to run your own limited company or wish to work through a Danbro umbrella company we can help you to work out which accounting option works best for you
• Danbro Umbrella Company - Umbrella services for contractors all over the UK.
• Dedicated ONLINE limited company - Improved tax efficiency over composites/umbrellas. Full IR35 insurance. Easy to use. Enables you to do everything online. Your own limited company with a name of your choice.
• Umbrella Company - Contractor Umbrella Company for Administration, Tax Mitigation and Payroll Solutions.
• Work2live - The Contractor's Umbrella Company - We Pay, Provide and Protect contractors. With Work2live you operate with the protection of an umbrella and the flexibility of a limited company.
• Outsource projects to freelancers - Marketplace for individuals and small companies where anyone looking to outsource projects, tasks and errands can receive bids from freelancers and other people that can do the work.
• Contractor Accommodation Services - Free Hotel Booking Service and bespoke short, medium and long term rental and serviced apartment service. We negotiate each booking saving you your hard earned cash!
• Tip Top Job - a generic jobsite that covers over 35 industry sectors. Search and apply for jobs online.

• Sales, Retail and Marketing Jobs - Sales Jobs, Retail Jobs, Marketing Jobs and more in London & the UK direct from UK’s leading employers.
• Job Search - Job vacancies across all sectors, job types and at all levels.
• IT jobs - IT jobs, Telecom jobs and Engineering jobs in London & the UK.
• Engineering Jobs in London and the UK - A wide range of Engineer Jobs and Engineering jobs in many different sectors, with our easy searching and jobs by email, your next contract could be just minutes away.
• Self Certification Mortgage Broker - If you are self employed or find it difficult to prove your income then we have the expertise to help you by arranging a self-cert mortgage or re-mortgage. Self certification mortgages enable individuals to make a declaration of their earnings without having to provide proof of income.