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When you’re running a business you may seek advice from friends, books or DVDs but it’s important to take inspiration for your own business and not ideas. Just because a certain plan or project worked for somebody else’s business, doesn’t mean that it’s necessarily going to work for you. Copying somebody else’s business plan is always a no, because the fact is no two businesses are the same. You can take inspiration from the way another person has managed their business, and that’s great but you need to create your plan, but that’s not to say that you can’t learn from other peoples mistakes and achievements. If you know somebody...

Staring up your own business can not only be an exciting time, but for many it is also very daunting. There may be a few legal sides of the business that you need to get your head around along with marketing the business and cash flow / tax issues. So where can you find advice and help on these matters? There is a lot of free information on the internet especially on the .gov website that will help you through the early stages. There are also some charities and youth schemes that may be able to offer you free business mentoring for a certain amount of time if you qualify...