Starting a local business: your first working checklist
Set out what you will do, where you will work and what needs checking before your first booking.
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Help for the business you run.
Practical guides, official starting points and useful tools for UK local businesses. Choose the job you need to sort out today.
Local business compliance: work out what to check
A practical route through official guidance for your activities, location, workers and customer information.
Read the free guideRunning local bookings and business paperwork
Build a repeatable enquiry-to-booking routine, with clear scope, records and follow-up.
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Work through the existing guide to your Google Business Profile.
Read the profile guideThese guides help you identify useful next steps. Requirements vary with your work, location and circumstances. Follow the linked official guidance for the relevant detail.
Need a working document? See trade-specific packs and samples. Need a calculation? Use the free tools.