Start here. One checklist that takes you through the Starting a Business pack in the right order – what to do, when, who owns it – with a clickable link to every template, a legal and regulatory map and a full document index.
Starting a business
Starting a Business – Master Checklist and Document Index
About this document
The front sheet for the Starting a Business pack. It takes a new business from idea to launch in order – planning and research, structure and founders, money and tax registration, brand and protection, premises and people, and the first 90 days. Each step names the template to use and links straight to the file, and Part 5 maps the main legal requirements to the templates that help you meet them.
The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.
Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.
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Starting a business
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Written for UK businesses
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