From launching a start up and becoming a sole trader, to finding funding and filing your taxes, our experts share their top tips, advice, and guidance. We regularly publish new guides and review existing ones. As an FSB member, you’ll also discover how you can make the most of your membership with helpful hints from our team in every business guide.
Browse our most recent guides below or view all our current guides instead.
Business Basics: How to easily improve your digital strategy on a budget
Download our free guide for FSB members and level up your digital game without breaking the bank.
Business Basics: Health and Safety Compliance
Download our free guide to Health and Safety for FSB members.
Business Basics: Insurance for contractors and freelancers
Being your own boss can be freeing, but it also means all the paperwork falls onto your shoulders. Our free interactive guide will help you decide what insurance you need to keep you covered.
Business Basics: Dealing with data
Download our free guide to data protection for everything you need to know about keeping data secure in your small business
Business Basics: Hiring your first employee
Ready to take the first steps to expand your team, but don’t know where to begin? We’ll take you through the process of how to employ someone, whether you’re a sole trader or limited company, so you can get it right from day one.
Business Basics: Managing Payroll and Pensions
Learn the basics of setting up and managing a compliant payroll and workplace pension scheme for your employees, whether you have one employee or 100.
Business Basics: How to set up as a sole trader
From registering with HMRC to getting your paperwork right, we’ll take you through what you need to know when setting up as a sole trader.
Business Basics: Taking card payments securely
Everything you need to know about credit card processing and taking payments in a secure, compliant way.
Business Basics: Small business taxes guide
Whether you’re new to the world of working for yourself, or you just want a tax refresher, you’ll find everything you need to know about small business taxes.