Starting a new business - Very basic help needed

[Lemmonie]

Hi all,
I am about to start a mobile beauty therapy business. Have insurance. Have got a fairly small client list already. Will only be part time work.
But I havent the foggiest about how to make it all super legal and declare my earnings and pay my taxes etc?

thanks

[Eric Mc]

Get an accountant.

Once you start trading, you have three months within which you MUST contact HM Revenue and Customs and notify them that you are running a business.
The Revenue have a general contact number in the telephone book.

[Lemmonie]

thanks very much

[wizzbilly]

just out of curiosty where abouts are you located in the country nope not for me before anyone sticks the boot in lol

[Lemmonie]

Near Gatwick

[sassthathoopie]

I'm in the process of setting up a business.

I can recommend Business Link. I had a free one hour consultation that was actually useful, not the government sponsored waste of space I was expecting. On the back of that I paid £99 for a three day business setup course: Useful info, half a day talking tax, great meeting people in the same situation as you are. The feeling of confidence on the last afternoon was worth the admission fee.

[Brown and Boris]

I bought the Lloyds small business book. It was pretty useful on the basics, gave a bit of a feel for marketing etc.