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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.

Shareholders have relatively few, but important rights to intervene, principal amongst which is the right to appoint and remove directors.

Buying a business can be a big step forward, but there are pitfalls. Find out how to complete the purchase and check the real state of the business.

Disability discrimination - a handy 10-point checklist outlining key obligations employers have in this area

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

Credit control helps you optimise your cash flow and avoid late payment or non-payment. Read our guide to setting up a credit control system.

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

A risk assessment identifies the risks posed by your workplace, practices and processes. This checklist helps you identify, eliminate or reduce them.

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

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.