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Legal Considerations When Starting Your Own Business

September 2, 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic has already or will unfortunately result in redundancy for many people. But for some, it will present an opportunity to follow through on a long-held dream and take a new business idea to market, leading to a large number starting their own firm. Every year, over 400,000 new businesses are started in the UK. The widespread belief is that following the Covid outbreak and people losing their curre...

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COVID-19 – UK Government Support to Help SMEs

April 27, 2020

This is certainly a unique time that business owners are facing throughout the UK, and the rest of the world. The Chancellor of the UK Government, Rishi Sunak, has provided UK businesses with unprecedented support to help them through the current economic pressures. However, we have been hearing from SMEs that they are unclear on how they can access these new packages and what they may be eli...

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SME Roadmap Part 1 | Business Legal Advice for Startups

October 9, 2018

Introduction As part of our commitment to helping our network of SME and startups, we’ll be providing you with a 3 part series of blog articles which will help you navigate and plan your SME journey from start to finish. Or as we like to say at LawBite from ‘Idea to Ideal’. Enjoy the ride!! Business Structure – Sole Tr...

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Have you received legal advice for these 5 scale-up considerations? (Part 2)

August 30, 2017

LawBite lawyer Elizabeth Comely looks at the 5 legal considerations you must take into account when scaling your business.

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With the last quarter of 2017 in sight – are your contracts up to scratch?

Are your business contracts up to scratch?

August 22, 2017

When was the last time you looked at your business contracts? Do you have standard terms? Online terms? Website terms of use? Do you use industry standard terms? How comfortable are you that all of your agreements are up to date and that they best protect your business?

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Piecing together the perfect finance package | Alternative Business Funding guest blog

August 15, 2017

As summer draws to a close and the final quarter looms on the horizon, many businesses start thinking about raising capital to support their business through the next stage, whether that’s continuing steady or looking to expand. Therefore, we’ve invited our fabulous partners Alternative Business Funding onto our blog to tell us more about choosing the right financial package for your business, using a handy ‘Q&A’ format.

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Have you received legal advice for these 7 start-up considerations? (Part 1)

August 8, 2017

Starting a new business takes careful planning, research and very often a leap of faith! But there is a lot you can do to minimise your legal risk and give your start-up a boost.

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5 tips for managing your business finances | Experian guest blog

July 20, 2017

With these 5 tips, you can take the stress out of managing your business finances all year round, from forecasting and budgeting through to balancing your accounts.

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NEW Free Legal Health Check: De-risk your business

June 13, 2017

To help you identify your biggest risks we’ve created a completely FREE Legal Health Check tool for businesses. It’s a simple, quick, online tool that identifies any areas where you are routinely losing money from commercial legal issues and helps you minimise your risk of future losses.

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