Law for Small Business For Dummies, UK Edition

Learn to:

• Protect your business from the most common risks small businesses face
• Deal with issues before a dispute arises
• Get access to handy contract templates
• Manage contracts, data protection, partnership agreements, and more

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Learning small business law doesn't need to be a big hassle. This clear-cut guide provides the knowledge you need without confusing jargon or unnecessary details. From making sense of contracts to avoiding disputes before they arise – and everything in between – you'll soon have answers to legal questions you didn't even know to ask!

• Do your due diligence – start your small business on the right foot by confidently choosing your business framework, setting up its legal structure, finding a funding partner and closing the agreement
• Mind your step in the legal minefield – find out how to cook up a tasty contract with suppliers for products or services, play fair when contracting with customers and start international expansion
• Protect what you own – get savvy about safeguarding your intellectual properties, coping with workplace obligations to employees and accurately acquiring and exploiting software
• Overcome pitfalls – stay in business by snuffing or managing legal risks, winning and avoiding disputes, dealing with liquidation and banking against bankruptcy

Open the book and find:

• What you need to know about being a sole trader
• The ins and outs of operating as a limited company or running a partnership
• No-nonsense explanations of funding formalities
• How to deal with licenses and leases
• The legal blueprint for growing your business
• The top legal mistakes to avoid
• Ten secrets of negotiation
• What you should expect from your lawyer