This essential guide to business start up is bang up-to-date and covers everything you need to know about starting up your own business. It gives you all the critical information about finance, tax and law and guides you through the minefields of recruitment, marketing, sales and pricing. This New Edition There are many different alterations in the business environment which have been accounted for throughout the guide.  These include: - financial changes caused by Covid - switch to working from home, continued switch away from retail to online, - proposals on free ports, moves to increase commitment to carbon-free environment - changes in UK law and the business relationship with the EU after Brexit