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How GPSR Affects Your Etsy Shop: A Guide for UK Small Business Owner

How GPSR Affects Your Etsy Shop: A Guide for UK Small Business Owner

If you’re crafting handmade gifts or selling your creations on platforms like Etsy, it’s essential to understand GPSR. So, what exactly are the General Product Safety Regulations? In a nutshell...

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Starting Up
Choosing the Right Company Formation Agent for Your Limited Company

Choosing the Right Company Formation Agent for Your Limited Company

If you're planning to form a Limited company, one of the first steps is to register your business with Companies House. While it's possible to handle this yourself, many entrepreneurs work with a...

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Starting Up
Creative Ideas for Starting a Young Enterprise Company

Creative Ideas for Starting a Young Enterprise Company

The start of the school academic year is a time when many students across the UK are kicking off business projects such as with Young Enterprise or the Peter Jones Academy, among others. The...

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Legal & Financial
Preparing for a VAT Inspection: What to Expect and How to Get Ready

Preparing for a VAT Inspection: What to Expect and How to Get Ready

Getting a VAT inspection notice from HMRC can be a worry. Still, it’s important to stay calm and prepared. This is the advice given to UK Business Forums member 'seizing', who turned to the...

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Legal & Financial
Navigating the Challenge of Refusing Work from Dubious Clients

Navigating the Challenge of Refusing Work from Dubious Clients

This week, UKBF member Tigris asked fellow members, "How do you guys deal with clients calling you who you know don't pay?" Dealing with clients with a reputation for not paying can be one of...

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Technology
ChatGPT for Business: Streamline, Engage, and Grow with Smart AI

ChatGPT for Business: Streamline, Engage, and Grow with Smart AI

AI is frequently a hot topic on UK Business Forums, dividing opinions with differing views. Still, everyone acknowledges that it impacts many aspects of our lives, some more successful than...

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Sales & Marketing
Small business marketing 101: build your brand and engage your audience

Small business marketing 101: build your brand and engage your audience

When you’re building your first business from scratch, establishing an impactful marketing pathway can be challenging. Our ever-growing technological landscape means the way we connect with our...

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Sales & Marketing
Why small business networking is essential to small business success

Why small business networking is essential to small business success

If you’re one of the 5.51 million small business owners in the UK, you’ll know that networking is an integral part of your growth journey. Whilst you may find meeting like-minded founders and...

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Management & Wellbeing
How to Deal with Troublesome and Abusive Customers

How to Deal with Troublesome and Abusive Customers

While catching up on some of the questions on UK Business Forums over the weekend, I came across this post from member Leeds66, asking for advice on handling a particularly abusive customer. They...

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Legal & Financial
Joining as a director: a guide to due diligence and risk management

Joining as a director: a guide to due diligence and risk management

When Airport_Rover was asked by the shareholders of a struggling company to become a temporary director, he came to UK Business Forums to ask in this thread for advice on whether it was something...

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Business Stories and Interviews
Member in Focus: fantheflames (Eve Scragg) - The marketing expert igniting your business growth

Member in Focus: fantheflames (Eve Scragg) - The marketing expert igniting your business growth

In this month's Business Member in Focus we speak to Eve Scragg (fantheflames), the entrepreneurial force behind Fan The Flames Marketing & Design. She shares the story of starting her business...

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Legal & Financial
Mastering debt recovery: a small business guide to managing unpaid invoices and late payments

Mastering debt recovery: a small business guide to managing unpaid invoices and late payments

We see many different challenges and questions being asked on UK Business Forums every day, and we also see many business owners facing similar challenges, and today is no exception. Today, we see...

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Management & Wellbeing
A guide to bank fraud protection for small business owners

A guide to bank fraud protection for small business owners

I was sad to see a piece from a small business owner who had been a victim of fraud published in The Guardian today, resulting in their Revolut business account being emptied and losing all the...

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Legal & Financial
Understanding the Value of Intellectual Property for Small Business Owners

Understanding the Value of Intellectual Property for Small Business Owners

The actual value of a business often goes beyond the immediate financial metrics, such as money in the bank or sales figures. It encompasses the assets it possesses, which intriguingly can include...

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Management & Wellbeing
Achieve more by doing less: balancing growth and wellbeing as a small business owner

Achieve more by doing less: balancing growth and wellbeing as a small business owner

When you’re at the helm of your small business, finding the time to prioritise your mental health is far and few between. Navigating research, planning, sales, marketing, and admin amongst a sea...

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Management & Wellbeing
Four common management challenges for small business owners – and how to overcome them

Four common management challenges for small business owners – and how to overcome them

You’re finally on the path to making your small business dreams a reality – but those familiar feelings of apprehension are creeping in. The world of business can be daunting. Naturally, there...

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Legal & Financial
The role of a Company Secretary in a Limited Company: a business guide

The role of a Company Secretary in a Limited Company: a business guide

In the framework of a UK Limited Company, the position of a Company Secretary, while not mandatory since the Companies Act 2006, remains a pivotal role within a Limited Company. This guide...

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News
How Frank "The Insurance Guy" Hernandez turned UKBF into a client magnet

How Frank "The Insurance Guy" Hernandez turned UKBF into a client magnet

Within the UK Business Forums community, there's a wealth of opportunity for business founders seeking to enhance their visibility and drive growth. Frank Hernandez, better known to us as Frank...

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Legal & Financial
Essential financial year-end admin for small businesses

Essential financial year-end admin for small businesses

6th April marks the beginning of the 2025/26 tax year, bringing with it a host of responsibilities for business owners. Whether your business’ financial year is in line with these timings, or your...

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News
Spring Budget 2024: Tax cuts, growth, and VAT

Spring Budget 2024: Tax cuts, growth, and VAT

In his final Budget before the General Election, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt returned to the traditional Conservative economic pillars: lower taxes and higher growth. A swashbuckling Kwasi...

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