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If you start a business on your own, or with someone else, and don't form a company, you will be trading as a sole trader or in a partnership.

As well as general company admin, directors are ultimately responsible for ensuring the company complies with the law, including the Companies Acts.

It's a common misconception that to become a plc you have to float your company on the Stock Exchange with all the complexity and expense this entails

Facing a claim at an employment tribunal can be stressful and expensive. Find out answers to some of your frequently asked questions.

Any business that handles and stores data and uses it for marketing purposes needs to make sure they're doing so legally.

If you have a 'retention of title' clause in your terms of trade, you can get your goods back if a customer doesn't pay. This article tells you how.

It's essential to get adequate insurance cover for your business, so that if disaster strikes your business can recover.

Do you know what your obligations for health and safety or risk assessment are? These FAQs can help you understand your responsibilities.

Communicating and selling online is subject to the same laws as 'traditional' business, and often brings added complications. Read our overview.

If a trademark is to be registered, whether a word, logo, shape, sound or smell, it must be represented graphically on the application form

Not all businesses are passion projects - some entrepreneurs start up to cash out. Melvin Jay offers five ways to ensure trade sale success.