Guide to Self-Employment Working for Yourself

This text offers a crash-course in basic business principles for the self-employed, from raising capital, simple accounting, invoicing and taxation to employing other people and knowing when to seek outside professional advice. Parts Two to Four focus on specific high- and low-investment opportunities which are frequently targeted by people becoming self-employed, including retailing, franchising, management buyouts, entertainment, driving, market gardening, management consultancy, media and communications, and direct sales.