Lloyds TSB Small Business Guide
Lloyds TSB Small Business Guide
Author: Sara Williams
The Lloyds TSB Small Business Guide is a financial advisor, tax adviser, management consultant and property agent rolled into one. Now in its 15th edition, the book has been expanded to include information on selling goods and services online, together with the latest information on the UK economy and small business tax regulations. Former investment analyst, finance lecturer and journalist Sara Williams knows more than most about business and this is reflected in the breadth of the book’s content. Divided into 31 chapters, the Small Business Guide covers most of the issues you’ll face in the first years of running a business, from setting up partnerships to finding offices and staff, filing taxes and dealing with customers. Each chapter has a series of exercises to help you apply the information to your own situation, and also includes links to other relevant sections of the book. The book also clearly states when specialist advice will be needed.
In the new millennium, starting your own business will become a normal state of affairs. With the lack of security in corporate life and the focus on entrepreneurship in big companies, running your own business can even be part of your career plan for moving in and out of corporate existence.With a comprehensive index that means it can be used as a day-to-day reference guide and down-to-earth, readable advice the Lloyds TSB Small Business Guide is the ideal companion, even for those without a background in business and finance. –Sally Whittle
Highly-recommendedI would recommend this book to anyone who wants to start a business. It gives you step-by-step advice on all the issues you need to consider and I found the chapter ‘Are you sure?’ really useful, as it reassured me that starting a business was the right route for me. It’s a great read and a great reference book - well worth the money.
Ok but…
This book starts off well. It has good sections on analyzing your motivations and plans for starting up a new business venture. However, the last few chapters of the book are about tax, and these chapters are absolutely atrocious. Unless you have previous experience with corporation tax, VAT, etc, this book will confuse and frustrate you more than anything else. The authors really should re-write these sections or get someone else to do it for them.
However, given that this is the 16th edition, it is quite unforgivable that these chapters remain as they are. For this reason (and in the hope that the authors will read this review) I give the book 2 stars.
Well Worth It.
This book is an excellent guide for people who are thinking of starting up a business of their own, probably like myself. It is really easy to understand, and it goes through everything that you need to know in detail.It has been a good source of information aswell. I would certainly recommend this to anyone.