Different approaches to starting your own business

Introduction

Every year, thousands of people decide to set up their own business.

This guide looks at why you might choose to run your own business and different ways of making the move.

It considers the positive and negative aspects of each approach and tells you where you can find out more.

Subjects covered in this guide

• Introduction
• A good business idea
• A tried and tested business model
• A specific business opportunity
• A business with social aims
• A change in circumstances
• Taking control and changing your lifestyle
• Going into business full time
• Going into business part time
• Here's how a Business Link adviser showed me different approaches to starting a business

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