Starting Up For many of us it is a real dream - to start a small business - and yet for the unwary it is one that frequently can yield financial disaster. Business Helper looks at the key steps that you need to start and run a small business

Start a small business

For many of us it is a real dream - to start a small business- and yet for the unwary it is one that frequently can yield financial disaster.

Scottish Business Helper looks at the key steps that you need to start and run a small business.

Our step by step guide looks at the key things that you need to know to start your small business. Please note that the advice we offer may not be the best advice, but it has come from the experience of starting and running a small business

It all starts with a good idea

Is your idea sound?

Financing the business

All the legal and financial stuff

Keeping control of costs