We offer services in a number of key areas when starting up or growing a business:

• Business Setup

  First things first, lets get you registered with HMRC. Whether you will be a Sole Trader, Partnership or Limited Company will be decided after we have discussed your business model and intentions with you. It is important that HMRC are made aware that you are working for yourself, not only to ensure that you are noted as making National Insurance Contributions but also to avoid non compliance penalties.

• Banking

  We all know that banks have been in the headlines over the past few years for various reasons. First came the analysis of bankers bonuses, then the credit crunch and now it seems that the Payment Protection Insurance scandal is having a detrimental effect of the performance of every bank! With that aside, there are still some great banks around with some brilliant business managers offering everything that a promising business requires.

• Finance

  Finance comes in many different forms from Accountancy through to Investments and Pensions. We have all the best contacts in your local area who will be able to ensure that your business is heading on the right track. An Accountant will be able to advise you on a range of matters, from Taxation, VAT and Employment to General Bookkeeping, Financial Analysis and Cash-flow Forecasts. Having a good Accountant is absolutely imperative when setting up and running a business.

• Insurance

  Insurance comes in many forms - Professional Indemnity, Public Liability, Employer's Liability are just some example's. How do you, as a new business, know what you need and to what level of cover? It is important that you do not sign up for a policy that overstates your physical requirements and therefore results in costly premiums. Equally as important is the requirement for enough Insurance cover so that you are not caught short, should a claim ever be bought against you.

• Legal

  Solicitors and Lawyers will, more than likely, play some part in your business at some stage, whether it be for advice on situations that may have arisen or simply because a lease needs to be produced for the acquisition of rental premises for your business. It is important to at least have an idea of which Law firms will service your requirements at the right price as and when the time may come that you should need to engage with a Solicitor. We have specific contacts that deal with specific area's of law who can be called on at any time.

• Marketing

  Perhaps the most important aspect of business, marketing comes in all forms from signage and brand identity to advertising, Public Relations and Website Design, implementation and SEO. Without customers a business does not exist. The important aspect of Marketing is that your money is used wisely in order to yield you the best results. There is absolutely no point wasting money on Marketing unless is results in you making a profit from the customers that you have obtained as a direct result of that Marketing. Again, we have the best and most trustworthy contacts.

• Procurement

  A business needs good connections with good suppliers, whether it be telephone providers, utility providers, buying in goods for resale or manufacture and so on. What we have done at Bizsteps, is to compile the latest data of all the National suppliers of such items in order to find you the most competitive price for you. It simply saves you the time and hassle in having to analyse, in detail, what works best for you! If there a companies locally to you who provide cost effective solutions as required by you then you can be sure that we already have connect with them. .

• Technology

  The advances in technology over the past ten years has literally revolutionized the way in which we all do business. Gone are the times of handwritten letters, telephone calls or faxes just to pass over some simple information. Its all about email, remote access, social media and text message these days. This, in itself, is widely a positive situation as it makes things easier, on the flip side, it also makes us contactable out of hours! We all check our emails out of hours out of habit!