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Setting up a business involves complying with a range of legal requirements. Find out which ones apply to you and your new enterprise.

What particular regulations do specific types of business (such as a hotel, or a printer, or a taxi firm) need to follow? We explain some of the key legal issues to consider for 200 types of business.

While poor governance can bring serious legal consequences, the law can also protect business owners and managers and help to prevent conflict.

Whether you want to raise finance, join forces with someone else, buy or sell a business, it pays to be aware of the legal implications.

From pay, hours and time off to discipline, grievance and hiring and firing employees, find out about your legal responsibilities as an employer.

Marketing matters. Marketing drives sales for businesses of all sizes by ensuring that customers think of their brand when they want to buy.

Commercial disputes can prove time-consuming, stressful and expensive, but having robust legal agreements can help to prevent them from occurring.

Whether your business owns or rents premises, your legal liabilities can be substantial. Commercial property law is complex, but you can avoid common pitfalls.

With information and sound advice, living up to your legal responsibilities to safeguard your employees, customers and visitors need not be difficult or costly.

As information technology continues to evolve, legislation must also change. It affects everything from data protection and online selling to internet policies for employees.

Intellectual property (IP) isn't solely relevant to larger businesses or those involved in developing innovative new products: all products have IP.

Knowing how and when you plan to sell or relinquish control of your business can help you to make better decisions and achieve the best possible outcome.

From bereavement, wills, inheritance, separation and divorce to selling a house, personal injury and traffic offences, learn more about your personal legal rights.

May 2023

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UK small businesses are weathering the storm caused by the cost-of-living crisis and the economic fallout from Brexit and COVID-19, according to new research.
New data from GoDaddy suggests that side hustles generate £22,900 a year on average.
New research suggests that 45% of self-employed workers are not saving into a pension, prompting renewed calls for political parties to tackle the issue ahead of the next election.
A good marketing campaign can really make the difference in attracting new customers within any sector – even online banking. That's according to data from a new survey of 500 UK business leaders and decision-makers conducted by NerdWallet.
Elite Business Live comes to ATOMICON to uncover business nightmares and share insight into the challenges and pitfalls of running a successful business.
55% of small businesses in the UK still have unpaid invoices from 2022, according to new survey data
As Mental Health Awareness Week gets underway, a raft of new surveys have highlighted how stress is affecting the UK's self-employed workers and small business owners.
Fast-track your journey to business ownership at London's only franchise exhibition supported by the British Franchise Association.
Acas has issued new guidelines for employers in the wake of YouGov research that shows one in three workers say their bosses are not good at managing workplace stress.
Small business confidence has recovered strongly between Q4 2022 and Q1 2023, according to the Federation of Small Businesses, but it is still in negative territory.
A study of the best cities in the UK to work for a small business has found that Glasgow, Salford and Liverpool offer the best SME job opportunities and quality of life.

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