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Looking to launch a successful business based on what you love? Read our guide to discovering your entrepreneurial passion to get started.

Setting up an online store or opening a shop? Make sure you're aware of the main consumer rights so you can trade with confidence.

Starting a business and worried about success? Read our guide to setting realistic expectations to grow your business and maintain your wellbeing.

Identifying a gap in the market can be a springboard to start-up success. Read our guide on how to recognise where your new business will fit into the current marketplace.

Looking for inspiration and advice as a Black-owned business? Five Black female start-ups reveal the secrets of their success.

Setting up a new business selling homemade goods? Read our expert guide on how to price your products and make a profit.

Looking to launch your own business but not sure what to start? Read our guide to the type of start-up that best suits your personality.

An efficient supply chain is vital to any start-up that's selling products. Read our expert advice on managing a successful supply chain.

Looking to start a business on a shoestring budget? Read our expert guide to being a cost-effective start-up.

Small businesses can be vulnerable to crime, with 3.8m incidents of business crime reported each year. Find out how to protect your business.

Starting a rural business? Read our expert guide to the challenges of setting up a new business in a rural area and how to move past them.

Want to understand how profitable your new business is? Read our expert guide to how to calculate and improve your profit margin.

As your start-up expands in size, you may need to raise extra funding. Read our guide on business investment options to help grow your business.

Starting a business can affect your mental health. Read our guide to entrepreneurial wellbeing – from mindfulness to healthy eating.

Starting a business needs great leadership. Read our expert guide on how to be an inspirational leader and motivate your start-up team.

Worried about launching your business during an economic downturn? Here are 10 reasons why starting up in a recession can be a good idea.

Looking to hire the staff for your start-up? Read our expert guide on how to successfully find, interview and recruit employees.

Get your business idea off the ground by building a prototype. Read our guide to planning, building and testing a prototype.