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Shamin Hoque, director of CurriesOnline, describes how he and his three fellow directors raised the finance he needed to start up his business.

Writing a business plan forces you to consider many different issues, and this can help focus your thinking. Chris Wildman, director of Town End Farm Shop, tell us how he created his start-up business plan.

While you may not be able to influence how much customers spend, you can do is to control your costs and look at variable and fixed costs.

Almost every business will experience late payment at some point. This practical checklist will help you recover the money you are owed.

All businesses face a wide range of risks every day, from fire damage to theft. Our overview of how to assess business risks and insure against them.

Public liability insurance covers you if your business causes injury or property damage - from legal costs to any compensation you might have to pay.

As a business owner, pension planning should be part of your overall planning for financing your business and realising the value built up in it.

How to manage both the investment you put into your business as an owner-manager, and the income, profits and other benefits you get from it.

Tool to help self-employed businesses use fixed rates (‘Simplified Expenses’) to calculate how much to claim with mixed business and private use.

Chartered accountant Elaine Clark ofCheapAccounting.co.uk provides answers to key questions about when to turn a sole trader business into a company.