Useful Business Links
- Accountancy Related
- Businesses For Sale
- Business Start Up Advice
- Creative Thinking
- Debt Collection & Management
- Employment Related
- General Business Assistance
- Grants
- Health & Safety
- Imports and Exports
- Information Technology
- Law
- Local Directories
- Marketing
- News
- Pensions & Investments
- Raising Finance
- Stockmarkets
- Tax
- Training
Accountancy Related
- Institute Of Chartered Accountants In England and Wales
- Institute Of Chartered Accountants Of Scotland
- Institute Of Chartered Accountants in Ireland
- Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
- Institute of Financial Accountants
- Chartered Institute Of Management Accountants
- Association Of Accounting Technicians
- Chartered Institute Of Taxation
- The Association Of International Accountants
- Institute Of Internal Auditors
- Audit Commission
- Accounting Web Designed for the accounting community to provide accounting information.
Businesses For Sale
- Businesses For Sale.com
- Start in Business - businesses for sale
- Daltons
- Nationwide Businesses
- Business Sale Report
- Startups - businesses for sale
- Times Online businesses for sale
- Businesses for sale
- Christie & Co
- Xpert Business Brokers
Business Start Up Advice
Wide ranging commercial small business advice sites with stacks of free advice...
Other useful start up sites...
- Business Link Advice for businesses from the DTI Small Business Service.
- HM Revenue & Customs Advice from Revenue and Customs on business start up issues.
- Shell Livewire Shell Livewire assists people aged 16-30 wanting to start up their own business.
- Princes Trust Independent help for 16-30 year olds in developing their own business.
Creative Thinking
- Thinksmart.com
- Mindjet.com Mind mapping software
- Enchanted Mind
- The Daily Motivator Thought for the day, have it emailed to you every day.
- Motivational Moments
Debt Collection & Management
- Her Majesty's Courts Service Money claim online.
- Better Payment Practice
- Biz24 Debt Collection Advice
- Insolvency Service
- Citizens Advice Guide To Debt
- Consumer Credit Counselling Service
- National DebtLine
Employment Related
- Department for Work & Pensions
- Bank Holidays
- British Employment Law
- Age Positive
- Commission for racial equality
- Disability Rights Commission
- Employment Relations Directorate (DTI)
- Directgov Employment Rights
- Flexible Working
- ACAS
- Employment Tribunals Online
- Trade Unions Congress
- DirectGov The official government gateway to services online
General Business Assistance
- Federation Of Small Businesses The leading political lobby for British small business.
- Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform A range of information including grants, exporting and industry specific issues.
- British Standards Institute
- Companies House
- British Franchise Association
- Institute Of Directors
- Small Business Advice Service
- Confederation Of British Industry
- British Chambers
- Trade Association Forum
Grants
Health & Safety
- Health & Safety Executive Government health & safety advice.
- British Safety Council
- Health & Safety Books
- First Aid At Work
- DTI Health & Safety Indicator
- Watch Your Step
- Safe Start Up
Imports and Exports
- HM Customs and Excise uktrade info site Authoritative and up to date knowledge on UK imports and exports.
- Export Credits Guarantee Department The UK's official export credit agency.
- British Exporters Association
- Institute Of Export
- Biz24 Import/Export Advice
- Link 2 Exports
- UK Trade & Investment
Information Technology
- Microsoft Knowledge Base A searchable technical support database that will help you when things go wrong with Microsoft products.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Download.com Great download site.
- ZDNet Downloads For FREE software downloads.
- WinDrivers One-stop source for device drivers, anti-virus updates and security patches.
- PC World The online store
- Winzip The zip file utility for windows.
- PC Mechanic Reference site for PC users.
- Get Safe Online Protect yourself against internet threats.
Law
- Online UK Legislation The full text of all new Public General Acts since 1988 are available via these Web Pages and updated regularly.
- Law Society Of England and Wales
- Law Society Of Scotland
- Office Of Fair Trading
- Trading Standards
- Data Protection/Freedom Of Information(Information Commissioners Office)
- Lawyers For Your Business A network of 1,200 solicitor firms in England and Wales offering free half-hour consultations to small businesses.
- Law on the web Online legal advice and resources.
- UK Patent Office Responsible for Intellectual Property (Copyright, Designs, Patents and Trade Marks) in the UK.
- The UK Competition Commission
Local Directories
Marketing
- Marketing Law
- Chartered Institute Of Marketing
- Direct Marketing Association
- Academy Of Marketing
- Direct Selling Association
- Advertising Standards Authority
- Royal Mail
- Marketing UK
- Marketing Survival Kit
- Cardell Media Strategies to grow your business.
- eCustomerServiceWorld
For marketing lists...
News
- Financial Times
- Daily Telegraph
- Times Online
- The Guardian
- BBC
- ITN
- Sky News
- Reuters
- thisismoney.co.uk
- Number 10 News straight from the horses mouth
- Bloomberg Premier financial news.
- Accountancy Age News from the accountancy profession.
- The Economist
- National Statistics Office Home of official UK statistics.
- The Sun!
Pensions & Invesments
- Financial Services Authority
- State Pension Forecast
- Pension Calculator A tool to help you work out how much retirement income you might receive from what you save.
- Pensions At Work
- Pensions Ombudsman
- Stakeholder Pensions
- Beginners Guide to Pensions
- Money Supermarket Price comparison for all sorts of financial services products, for savers and borrowers.
- Endowment Redress Which website on endowmnet mis-selling
Raising Finance
- British Business Angels Association
- British Venture Capital Association
- Small Firms Loan Guarantee Scheme
- Mortgages for business
Stockmarkets
Tax
- HM Revenue and Customs
- Taxation Web Online tax community.
- Business Rates Info
- Tax Café For tax E-Books.
- Tax Indicator Document Archive Useful tax documents and aids.
- Blackwells Books Online For all your business, finance and law books.
- Offshore Companies Formations and lots of advice.
- Tax Aid UK charity providing free tax advice to people who cannot afford to pay a professional adviser.
- Property Tax Toolkits For both landlords and accountants.
- Professional Contractors Group Lots of IR35 assistance
Training
- The Open University
- Department for Education and Skills
- Millionaire Business Mentoring Programme
- Investors In People
- Apprenticeships
- Learn Direct Distance learning, online courses, computer courses and adult courses.
- Training Zone