Guidance
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Start & Seed Fund
How do you set up a business and drive your idea forward? You need cash, commitment and a clear legal structure.
Protect & Commercialise
Protecting your IP and reaching your target customers is essential for your start-up to succeed.
Team & Privacy
A safe online footprint combined with a talented team is often the key to long-term success.
Scale & Growth Fund
Understand the best way to raise funds at crucial points in your high-growth lifecycle.
Exit & Beyond
Choosing the right exit strategy will maximize the value of your company. Timing and preparation are crucial.
Popular guidance
Restrictive covenants: a guide for employers
Preventing your former staff from working for competitors sounds tempting, but post-employment restrictions (also known as ‘restrictive covenants’) on ex-employees' activities are only enforceable if they...
How to rent commercial property in the UK
Renting a property is a big step. It can make or break a growing company.
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So, you’re thinking of a...
Renting your spare office space
Property can be one of your biggest overheads. Renting out spare office space for much needed revenue is tempting.
But if you don’t take the proper precautions, it can be more trouble than it’s worth.
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Do your staff need data protection training?
Around 80% of data security incidents are caused by staff error, so appropriate employee training is crucial to your data security policy.
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What is considered personal data?
Data is the new oil in our modern world. But the scope of personal data may include more than you realise.
Are you clear about how you can store the data?
If not, you need to act now.
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Appointing and removing directors from your company
When starting a company for the first time, the lines between shareholders and directors can often seem blurred - particularly when the founders of the company are also the directors and the sole sh...