How to attract investment

Use your business plan to get funding

How to present your business plan to the right people in order to secure funding
Prepare your business for bank financing

Making sure your business is ready to apply for funding will help if you are seeking additional finance
Secure equity investment

How to secure private equity or business angel investment in your business

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Before you start

Business planning

Forming your business

Running your start-up business

Self-employed and tax

Go for growth

Find local finance

Raising finance

Managing finance

Financial difficulty

Business tax

Self-employed and tax

PAYE and payroll

Keeping records for business

Excise duties

Industry-specific taxes

Complying with European law

Contact or deal with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)

Companies House returns, accounts and other responsibilities

Business changes

Selling, closing or restarting your business

Accountants and tax advisers

Recruitment

Pay staff

Manage people

Develop staff

Resolve conflict and staff leaving

Health and safety basics

Make your business safer

Environmental action to improve your business

Reduce, reuse, recycle your business waste

Resource efficiency

Reducing your environmental impact

Environmental guidance by business sector

Rates for business properties

Product and service development

Design and business innovation

Intellectual property

Marketing your business

Know your customers

Maximise your sales

IT basics

Software and technology solutions

Getting online

Security and data protection

Basics of importing and exporting

Choosing a market

Procedures and licences

Sector overviews and regulations

Moving your goods

Customs declarations

Prepare for growth

Strategies for growth

Finance and logistics

Managing growth

Acquiring a business

Selling your business

Exiting and transferring your business

How to attract investment