Useful Business Links
- Accountancy Related
 - Businesses For Sale
 - Business Start Up Advice
 - Creative Thinking
 - Debt Collection & Management
 - Employment Related
 - General Business Assistance
 - Grants
 - Health & Safety
 - Imports and Exports
 - Information Technology
 - Law
 - Local Directories
 - Marketing
 - News
 - Pensions & Investments
 - Raising Finance
 - Stockmarkets
 - Training
 
Accountancy Related
- Institute Of Chartered Accountants In England and Wales
 - Institute Of Chartered Accountants Of Scotland
 - Institute Of Chartered Accountants in Ireland
 - Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
 - Institute of Financial Accountants
 - Chartered Institute Of Management Accountants
 - Association Of Accounting Technicians
 - Chartered Institute Of Taxation
 - The Association Of International Accountants
 - Institute Of Internal Auditors
 - Accounting Web Designed for the accounting community to provide accounting information.
 - The Institute of Certified Bookkeepers
 
Businesses For Sale
- Businesses For Sale.com
 - Start in Business - businesses for sale
 - Daltons
 - Nationwide Businesses
 - Business Sale Report
 - Startups - businesses for sale
 - Avondale Group - Business Guides
 - Businesses for sale
 - Christie & Co
 
Business Start Up Advice
Wide ranging commercial small business advice sites with stacks of free advice...
Other useful start up sites...
- Businesses and Self-employed - GOV.UK
 - HM Revenue & Customs Advice from Revenue and Customs on business start up issues.
 - Shell Livewire Shell Livewire assists people aged 16-30 wanting to start up their own business.
 - Princes Trust Independent help for 16-30 year olds in developing their own business.
 
Creative Thinking
- Thinksmart.com
 - Mindjet.com Mind mapping software
 - Enchanted Mind
 - The Daily Motivator Thought for the day, have it emailed to you every day.
 
Debt Collection & Management
- Her Majesty's Courts Service Money claim online.
 - Guide to Late Payment of Commerical Debts (interest) Act 1998
 - Insolvency Service
 - Citizens Advice Guide To Debt
 - Consumer Credit Counselling Service
 - National DebtLine
 
Employment Related
- Department for Work & Pensions
 - Bank Holidays
 - British Employment Law
 - Employers: Preventing discrimination
 - Equality and Human Rights Commission
 - Working, Jobs & Pensions - GOV.UK
 - Flexible Working
 - ACAS
 - Employment Tribunals Online
 - Trade Unions Congress
 
General Business Assistance
- Federation Of Small Businesses The leading political lobby for British small business.
 - Department for Business Innovation & Skills
 - British Standards Institute
 - Companies House
 - British Franchise Association
 - Institute Of Directors
 - Confederation Of British Industry
 - British Chambers
 - Trade Association Forum
 
Grants
Health & Safety
- Health & Safety Executive Government health & safety advice.
 - British Safety Council
 - Health & Safety Books
 - First Aid At Work
 - Health and Safety at Work - GOV.UK
 - Watch Your Step
 
Imports and Exports
- HM Customs and Excise uktrade info site Authoritative and up to date knowledge on UK imports and exports.
 - Export Credits Guarantee Department The UK's official export credit agency.
 - British Exporters Association
 - Institute Of Export
 - UK Trade & Investment
 
Information Technology
- Microsoft Knowledge Base A searchable technical support database that will help you when things go wrong with Microsoft products.
 - Adobe Acrobat Reader
 - Download.com Great download site.
 - ZDNet Downloads For FREE software downloads.
 - WinDrivers One-stop source for device drivers, anti-virus updates and security patches.
 - PC World The online store
 - Winzip The zip file utility for windows.
 - PC Mechanic Reference site for PC users.
 - Get Safe Online Protect yourself against internet threats.
 
Law
- Online UK Legislation The full text of all new Public General Acts since 1988 are available via these Web Pages and updated regularly.
 - Law Society Of England and Wales
 - Law Society Of Scotland
 - Competition and Markets Authority
 - Trading Standards
 - Data Protection/Freedom Of Information(Information Commissioners Office)
 - Lawyers For Your Business A network of 1,200 solicitor firms in England and Wales offering free half-hour consultations to small businesses.
 - Intellectual Property Office Responsible for Intellectual Property (Copyright, Designs, Patents and Trade Marks) in the UK.
 
Local Directories
Marketing
- Marketing Law
 - Chartered Institute Of Marketing
 - Direct Marketing Association
 - Academy Of Marketing
 - Direct Selling Association
 - Advertising Standards Authority
 - Royal Mail
 - Marketing UK
 - Marketing Survival Kit
 - Cardell Media Strategies to grow your business.
 - eCustomerServiceWorld
 
For marketing lists...
News
- Financial Times
 - Daily Telegraph
 - Times Online
 - The Guardian
 - BBC
 - ITN
 - Sky News
 - Reuters
 - thisismoney.co.uk
 - Number 10 News straight from the horses mouth
 - Bloomberg Premier financial news.
 - Accountancy Age News from the accountancy profession.
 - The Economist
 - National Statistics Office Home of official UK statistics.
 - The Sun!
 
Pensions & Invesments
- Financial Conduct Authority
 - State Pension Forecast
 - Pension Calculator A tool to help you work out how much retirement income you might receive from what you save.
 - The Pension Service (Dept for Work and Pensions)
 - Pensions Ombudsman
 - Stakeholder Pensions
 - Endowment Redress Which website on endowment mis-selling
 
Raising Finance
Stockmarkets
Training
- The Open University
 - Department for Education
 - Investors In People
 - Apprenticeships
 - Learn Direct Distance learning, online courses, computer courses and adult courses.
 - Training Zone
 
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