What did you do re legality when you started up?

[Tiggy]

Hi All

Is it a better idea to just go to a solicitor, tell him what your business is and how it will work and then let him point out any legal loopholes, potential problems etc?

I am wading through treacle here!! :roll:
Tiggy

[Fusionhost Group]

Well when I asked a similar anwser the first person to reply was very negative :) lol

But other will give you their views, it also depends on what you can afford.

[Tiggy]

Well, I just feel I am gettng bogged down by all this research. There is basically TOO MUCH information available but in a strange way it just makes it all too confusing!!

It's really slowing me down that every single time I think of another possible legal issue I then have to go off and investigate that. And, of course, there must be important considerations that just are not entering my head because I do not know about what I do not know about!!!

It must be quicker to just tell a solicitor what you are going to do and let him pick out all the points you need to cover that are relevant to you?

Tiggy :(

[creacom]

Hi Tiggy ':D'

What sort of business are you launching ? Maybe someone else on the forum in that line of work will be able to help you.

Jacqueline

[Fusionhost Group]

Yes thats exactly how I feel my friend :)

[Tiggy]

Well, after much if and whating I have decided to do speed dating and singles parties. These will be just the start and as the business grows I want to do weekends away and adventure trips etc.


There are obviouisly laws about holding events for lots of people, laws about serving alcohol and food, laws about safety, disabled access, first aid and security etc

As the venues will all be bars and clubs does that mean that I don't have to think about that - I just leave that to the club owners? But that seems a bit sloppy so should I be asking to 'see' something just to check and if so what?

There's the issue that I will need people to help me and more I look at the best ways to enlist people the more complicated its seems to get. I just want them to work for me and to fill in a form and be responsible for their own ta but it seems event that is not that straight forward.
And I don't even know if that's the best way to do it!

Then there is the fact that I will have a website where people will be paying in advance before each event so i want to make sure that's all kosha.

I really am getting frustrated and then I think 'am I making it more complicated than it really is?' Apart from anything else it's really boring!!!! I just want to get on with the business of doing it!! It's taking so much time and time is money. I don't mind paying out to a solicitor if he can cover all the angles and I can get moving.
:x Tiggy

[SillyJokes]

If it was easy Tiggy, everyone would do it and we would all be wealthy.

Take it one step at a time. try to avoid employing other people at the start. That is a bit of a nightmare but doable.

Talk to bar owners about the insurance and other licencing coverage, also your local council may have good advice about this.

For a long time I thought the business police would come along and shut me down over some obscure law but there is no such thing and in actual fact you can set up a business - there's no law against it.

Even if you did something wrong like not pay your tax, you only go to prison if you don't cough up.

The government want businesses to succeed, not fail.

Another idea is to find a mentor - it sounds like you would get a lot out of that kind of relationship. And it would save you a lot of time and worry.

[Tiggy]

Thanks Silly Jokes.

You are absolutely right. I keep telling myself that it's because people start feeling like I am right now that many of them do end up throwing in the towel. I am not going to do that.

I do need a mentor - desperately.

I read somewhere that you can get one for £25 per month from the businesslink.gov site but as I can't see this on their site I have emailed to ask them.

I have also just emailed the chamber of commerce.

Often when you hear of young entrepeneurs making a success of things you read that they come from a business owning family, or, at least, have someone in the family who is well versed enough to advise them.

I come from a large family but none of them has ever run a business or knows anything about it and I think this definitely makes it harder.

But I will persevere!!! :D

[fastfences]

Hi Tig'

you've mentioned 'Business Link.' I think they may well be your best 'starting point,' but try to make an appt. to see someone in person rather than research on the net. At least 'one on one' so many things will fall into place and you can ask questions.

One of your first tasks will be to arrange bank accounts and business name if you have not already done so.

Cheers, Nigel

[JaneOwen]

Hi Tiggy

I too would recommend getting yourself down to Business Link and also on the website - if the complying with Regulations thing is getting you down you can do a personalised checklist on their site.

If you've got any general queries on rules and regulations, this forum is a great place to ask and someone will usually point ou in the right direction.

I can entirely sympathise - the regulations stuff is my thing but I got incredibly tied up for the first 6 to 12 months in getting the website up and running. If I hadn't had such a massive amount of help from my 'other half' I'd probably still be doing it LOL

You can always tell an entrepreneur - they're the ones with the grey hair, bags under their eyes, fingernails chewed.... :lol:

[Jayne]

Thanks Silly Jokes.

You are absolutely right. I keep telling myself that it's because people start feeling like I am right now that many of them do end up throwing in the towel. I am not going to do that.

I do need a mentor - desperately.

I read somewhere that you can get one for £25 per month from the businesslink.gov site but as I can't see this on their site I have emailed to ask them.

I have also just emailed the chamber of commerce.

Often when you hear of young entrepeneurs making a success of things you read that they come from a business owning family, or, at least, have someone in the family who is well versed enough to advise them.

I come from a large family but none of them has ever run a business or knows anything about it and I think this definitely makes it harder.

But I will persevere!!! :D


Hi Tiggy,

Knowone in my family ever had there own business, I was green as grass when I started. Don't worry if you don't know everything, you will find out as you go along and make business friends who will help :D and then there is us lot :D

Jayne