Business start-up
This part of the site provides information and documents covering just about everything you need to know when starting up a business including choosing a business structure, Partnership agreements, Shareholders agreements and Non-disclosure agreements. When starting a business it's important to document how you are going to work together - as a limited company or a partnership.
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Business start-up agreements
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England & Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
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…
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England & Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
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…
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England & Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Use this document to bring a partnership to an end where either the partnership agreement specifies that the partnership can be dissolved upon the service of notice or where the partnership agreement does…
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England & Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
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…
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England & Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
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…
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Protecting your ideas
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England & Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
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…
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England & Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
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…
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Terms & conditions
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England & Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
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 the…
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Compatible region(s):
England & Wales
Northern Ireland
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…
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Compatible region(s):
England & Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
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…
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Compatible region(s):
England & Wales
Northern Ireland
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…
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