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Are you paying too much for legal advice? Or trying to do it yourself? There is another way. Shaun Rose on the advantages of using legal freelancers.

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.

Every business must submit articles of association to Companies House. Graeme Donnelly explains what's involved and how to make it as easier.

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

Given the importance of small businesses to the UK economy, more needs to be done to help them survive - and thrive. Could microfinance be the answer?

You may have an in-house legal expert - and take their skills for granted. But formally recognizing your employees' talents can pay dividends.

Collecting money that is owed to you can be stressful, and costs soon mount up. The steps you can take to reclaim debt before hiring legal help.

Ten practical ways your small business may be able to improve its chances of a favourable outcome when trying to settle commercial disputes

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

There are a number of simple steps that can help minimise the chances of an accident happening, and the implications in the event that one does.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will become law in May 2018 but many small businesses are not ready for the changes, says Billy Leonard.

The four types of intellectual property that can be protected, who has the rights to it and how to stop someone infringing your intellectual property

Planning your succession is key in obtaining maximum value from the business and to secure its long-term future. Find answers to the key questions.

Legal guidelines about leaving children home alone are clear for little ones but leave parents to decide what's safe for older children.