Often what is most need when starting up a new business is solid advice when you need it. Too often you have to spend hours and sometimes days finding the right source of advice. Look at the topics described here and you will see range of advice and support we can give. It includes:

Accounting An accountant can be a big expense for a business, or can save you a fortune in costs and tax. We include a free session with an independent chartered accountant, which could cost you up to £200. We provide you with a guide to getting the best from your accountant. Use our specially designed, easy-to-use accounts software, and we will even provide your first year draft accounts - absolutely free.

Business Planning Possibly the most important part of your business, and one of the most difficult. Your StartNewBusiness package comes with a powerful business planning toolkit to write your plan, prepare budgets and financial forecasts. We even help you tailor a business plan for raising a loan or attracting investors. Most of all, when you start your business with us, you will know that we are taking care of the 101 things that take up so much time - so you can concentrate on running your business.

Contracts Many businesses try to get by without them, and realise later what a big mistake that is. We supply you with drafts of the most common standard contracts, tailored to your business. You should review the finer points with your solicitor, but this alone could save you the price of the package in legal fees.

Internet and e-mail Properly used, the internet and e-mail enable your businesses to look much larger, to be able service more customers better, quicker and more economically. Make sure you harness this resource fully. We will build a search-engine-friendly web site for your business. Then we make sure regularly that the world can find you. Let our system help you get business while you concentrate on the rest of your business, and even while you sleep.

IT Information Technology can enable you to run your business with far fewer staff, yet react much faster. It is now almost impossible not to use IT and stay ahead. Not only can we help you choose the right hardware and software, we also provide you with personalised standard forms, standard contracts, and much more. (Some of your competitors are still trying to type these in every time.) Your StartNewBusiness package also includes what we think is the most easy-to-use accounts package anywhere in the world. You won't have to learn a new format either- it's built around Microsoft Excel.

Law One of our founder directors is a Barrister, so it's no surprise that your StartNewBusiness package is built around making sure the law works to your business's advantage. And that starts at the beginning. We are one of the few company formation agents to provide you with properly written up records. Your StartNewBusiness package also contains draft contracts tailored to your business, simple legal checklists for common activities, guides to general Do's and Don't's, and regular updates. We will also arrange a session with a commercial solicitor. This typically costs up to £200 per hour, but you receive it for free. We even provide a guide to help you get the best from your lawyer - and for many businesses that guide alone will pay for the cost of the package many times over.

Marketing It is easy to spend and lot of money on market research and sales materials and still not know your market. But marketing is fundamentally simple when you break down what you are trying to do. Our business planning toolkit - which is included in your StartNewBusiness package - breaks everything down into simple steps. When you know your market, your selling strategy becomes almost obvious.

Support Support is more than advice, it is place where you you know you can go when you are on your own. This is really important. Make the most of the support given by StartNewBusiness.com in the starter pack, the members area, on-line, telephone, e-mail.

Taxation A huge subject, but not as bad as it looks. We recommend that nearly all of our customers should register for VAT. And our simple accounts package makes the statutory returns a doddle for most businesses. We even register your business for VAT and with the Inland Revenue.

VAT We will register you for VAT (if needed) and get round all the hassles of this often difficult tax.

You will also find answers to common questions in our Members Area, and links to good sources of advice. This is free for the first year for all our StartNewBusiness customers.