Running Your Own Business

This is a completely revised and up-dated new edition of a best-selling book that really helps people to start, and succeed at, a new business. "Running Your Own Business" begins with a simple checklist to see whether you really should proceed with your business. As many businesses are doomed from the beginning, you may save much money and heartache just by reading the first chapter. The remaining chapters deal with the financial, legal, tax, commercial, practical and human skills you will need to know. It explains why you must register, the legal forms to use, how to fund the business, how to save tax, what skills you need to develop personally, what to do if things go well, or badly, and much else.

Robert Leach is a certified accountant with over twenty years in industry. He has been features editor of The Accountant as well as a regular contributor for The Daily Telegraph and other publications. He is author of The Auditor's Factbook and The Tax Factbook. The late John Dore spent many years as a management consultant advising a broad range of businesses from small firms to international companies.