Business start-up

This limited liability partnership agreement (LLP) is suitable in terms of the applicable legislation in each UK jurisdiction (England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland). It provides a contractual framework under which the members should conduct themselves at all times. The agreement includes provisions in relation to the key elements that define an LLP such as management, finances and member regulation. In addition, the agreement offers many optional clauses such as those in relation to insurance, maternity, paternity and adoption leave. This document is suitable for small to medium sized limited liability partnerships of no more than 20 members. Please note that this can only be used for LLPs consisting of individual members, and not companies or other LLPs.

This is a letter of appointment for a non-executive director recording the terms under which the non-executive director is to be appointed. Non-executive directors are not involved in the day-to-day running of the business, but should help the company by offering an independent view on areas such as performance, standards and strategy. It also contains provisions to promote the success of the company in accordance with the latest requirements of company law.

Use this document to bring a partnership to an end where either the partnership agreement specifies that it can be dissolved by serving notice, or doesn't say that it can't and doesn't say how long it must last. Once a notice of dissolution has been served, it can't be withdrawn unless all of the partners agree.

This partnership agreement is in accordance with the Partnership Act 1890 and provides a contractual framework under which the partners should conduct themselves at all times. The agreement includes provisions in relation to the key elements that define a partnership such as management, finances and partner regulation. In addition the agreement offers many optional clauses such as those in relation to insurance, maternity, paternity and adoption leave. This document is suitable for small to medium sized partnerships of no more than twenty partners. Please note that this document is not suitable for those intending to form a limited liability partnership.

Where two or more people wish to carry on a business through a limited company, a shareholders' agreement should be used. The agreement sets out the duties and responsibilities of the shareholders to the company and regulates their relationship with each other. The shareholders may be either all individuals or all companies/LLPs or a combination of both.

This shareholders' agreement is for use in relation to a UK-based private limited company, whose shareholders are also all UK-based. It is not appropriate for listed companies or companies with more than one class of shares.

This document produces a mutual non-disclosure agreement (mutual NDA) which allows two parties to protect confidential information when they are negotiating a joint venture. If negotiations fail, the agreement will help to protect information from being made public. Care must be taken to ensure that the information which it is intended to keep confidential is marked as being confidential. Please note that in order for this agreement to be enforceable in the UK courts, at least one of the parties needs to be resident in the UK.

This document produces an agreement which allows one party (the discloser) to reveal to the other (the recipient) information which the discloser considers to be confidential. It is mainly designed for situations where the recipient is considering investing in the discloser and therefore needs to evaluate confidential information. In situations where there is a joint venture, where both parties need to protect their confidentiality, our "Mutual non-disclosure agreement" should be used instead. Please note that in order for this agreement to be enforceable in the UK, the discloser must be resident in the UK.

If your business has a website, you'll probably use to it collect and store information from people who visit it, either by asking for it directly or by putting a cookie on their web browser.

Under UK data protection law, you need to tell people about the information you hold, including how you'll use it and for what purpose. You also need to tell them about their privacy rights and how the law protects them. You can use this privacy notice to do this (it's sometimes also known as a privacy policy or privacy statement).

If your website doesn't have anywhere for users to enter information and doesn't use cookies, then you don't need this document.

You should also use our 'Terms of use for a website', which govern use of your website generally. If you make sales (i.e. take payments) via your website, you may also need our 'Terms and conditions for selling consumer goods or services on a website'.

This pack is intended for start-up businesses that are planning on offering services over the internet. It includes suitable terms and conditions for both a website selling consumer goods and services, and for the reverse of a goods invoice. It also includes a suitable privacy policy for a website.

This document is designed to be used on a website that has the facility to take payments (i.e. a basket). It creates standard terms and conditions for the sale of goods and/or services to consumers from a website in the United Kingdom.

This document is not suitable if your business sells:

• financial, leisure, accommodation and transport or catering services
• digital content, except where it is provided on a 'tangible medium' such as a disc or memory stick
• goods and/or services to other businesses

In addition to these terms, you should also use our 'Privacy and cookie notice for a website'. You may also need our 'Terms of use for a website', which govern use of your website generally.

This document contains a set of terms and conditions that are suitable for a business that sells goods to other businesses. A large volume of sales business is done using standard terms and conditions of sale. These are commonly found on the other side of a seller's order form. It is very important to take the time to read the form in its entirety to ensure that it is appropriate for use in your individual situation. This document is suitable for goods sold by a business trading in the UK. Please note that you cannot use this document if you are selling goods to consumers.