Go Self Employed – How to get started

Thinking of going self-employed? Here are 12 practical steps to help you register, set up, and start trading – even while still working.

Alongside big upsides, being a sole trader also has downsides. So, depending on your goals and the nature of your business, a different structure might be a better choice. 

Companies House is the UK's registrar of companies and the government agency responsible for incorporating and dissolving limited companies. If you're setting up as a sole trader (i.e. self employed), do you have to register your business too?

Once you decide to become self-employed, you can start trading right away. Here we explain how to register your new business with HMRC.

How to set up and run a business partnership - including legal considerations, how to choose a name, register the partnership with HMRC and pay taxes.

Important decisions made in haste tend to have implications. And while you shouldn’t use that as an excuse not to get on and make your dream happen, there are five things you must research before you start your business.

Registering as a sole trader is easy and inexpensive to do, but being self employed is not all sunshine and rainbows. Here are 15 things you should know about setting up a business as on your own.

Here are some business naming tips from the Bytestart team based on our twenty years of experience working with small firms.