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Starting a business needs great leadership. Read our expert guide on how to be an inspirational leader and motivate your start-up team.

Worried about launching your business during an economic downturn? Here are 10 reasons why starting up in a recession can be a good idea.

Looking to hire the staff for your start-up? Read our expert guide on how to successfully find, interview and recruit employees.

Get your business idea off the ground by building a prototype. Read our guide to planning, building and testing a prototype.

Is raising money for your start-up a challenge? Read our guide to common funding barriers for small businesses and how to overcome them.

Every start-up business can benefit from good networking. Read our expert guide to networking and find out where to start and learn some tips for how to network the right way.

Enjoying a hobby and running a business are two very different things! Learn what skills you'll need to make your passion your business.

Looking to start a business after the COVID-19 pandemic? Get some inspiration for types of business you could set up and run straight out of coronavirus lockdown.

Starting a new business from home could be the beginning of a successful start-up journey. Find out how to do it with our comprehensive guide.

Lockdown doesn't mean your business should be down and out. Here are five new businesses and how they adapted to COVID-19 restrictions.

Looking to launch a start-up but not sure how much money you need? Read our guide on how much it really costs to start a business in the UK.

If you're considering starting a new business but need some inspiration around what service or product to focus on, here's our list of business ideas that you might be able to launch with success during 2025.

Setting the price of your products or services is challenging. Read our expert guide on how to set pricing for your start-up business.

Bring expertise into your start-up with our guide to outsourcing and how it works. Cut costs and grow your business the smart way.

There are many challenges of starting a business. This guide outlines how to deal with 10 of the most common startup challenges.

Do you have what it takes to launch a start-up? Identify your skills gaps and how to develop the skills you need for success.

Think starting a business in a recession is a bad idea? Think again. Here are 10 successful British businesses that launched in tough times.

Looking to make the leap from employee to business owner? Discover how new business owners went from 9 to 5 to seeing their start-up thrive.