Start Your Own Business is designed to help if you run a small business already or are thinking about starting up on your own.

Local help: Find support in your own area including: advice, information, and companies who would like to help you.

Your questions answered: With the help of experts in each relevant field, we have compiled the answers to many of the questions asked by small business owners.

Select Your Local Area

To help you find LOCAL advice and support we have created local sites for England, Scotland and Wales. (See full list of areas)   Each local section contains pages dedicated to Advice & Information, Networking, Banking & Finance, Accountancy, Commercial Property, Design & Print, Online Marketing, Sales & Marketing and Web Design. The firms listed on each page have declared themselves to be 'new business friendly' and will welcome your enquiries.   If you offer a product or service that can help anyone thinking of setting up on their own or running an existing small business, please do contact us. We would be delighted to hear from you.

Areas Covered

Bedfordshire | Berkshire | Birmingham | Bradford | Brighton & Hove | Bristol | Buckinghamshire | Cambridgeshire | Cheshire | Cornwall | County Durham | Cumbria | Derbyshire | Devon | Dorset | East Sussex | Essex | Gloucestershire | Hampshire | Herefordshire | Hertfordshire | Hull & Humbershire | Isle of Wight | Kent | Lancashire | Leeds | Leicestershire | Lincolnshire | Liverpool | London | Oxfordshire | Manchester | Middlesbrough | Newcastle | Norfolk | Northamptonshire | Northumberland | Nottinghamshire | Portsmouth | Rutland | Scotland | Shropshire | Somerset | Southampton | Staffordshire | Suffolk | Surrey | Tyne and Wear | Wales | Warwickshire | West Sussex | Wiltshire | Worcestershire | Yorkshire

Start Your Own Business is a free publication designed to help anyone running their own enterprise or thinking of doing so.

Over the years we have built up a valuable library of useful articles and business resources, which we are happy to share with you. Please select from the list on the left to learn about the key issues that affect a new or existing small business.