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Information about grant award criteria and matching funds you may need to provide.

How to find a grant that suits your business and what makes a business eligible to receive one.

The advisers you need for a flotation including corporate advisers, stockbrokers, corporate lawyers and accountants.

Getting ready for a flotation - ensuring legal and regulatory compliance and making key information available.

Stock market flotation can help you raise capital and realise your investment but may undermine your control of the business - consider the advantages and disadvantages.

Before you consider floating your business on the stock market, you need to determine whether it is suitable life on a public market.

The pros and cons of making a company public and how the stock market flotation process works.

How following good business practice can help you avoid false accounting and prevent fraud.

How and why you must keep and review accurate records for annual accounts and tax returns.

Management accounts should be used for planning and control, record keeping and decision making.

Analyse costs, records, sales volumes and projected forecasts to evaluate the financial implications.

How to file accounts at Companies House - the different requirements for small, medium and limited companies.

Companies must file accounts at Companies House, unincorporated businesses must use accounts to support tax returns.

How to use financial and management accounts, analytical accounting tools and reduce the risk of fraud.

Understand the tax implications of investment and interest-bearing borrowing from friends and family.

The importance of ensuring that a formal agreement clearly covers the terms on which money is provided.

Why you should treat finance from friends and family as a formal arrangement.

The advantages and potential problems of finance from friends and family.

How giving a share in your business is an option if you need long-term funds from friends and family.

Pros and cons of getting a loan from friends and family and your tax position on repayments.

How to ease tax bill pressures and learn what benefits are available for low-income businesses.

Ideas for exploiting off-peak periods to improve your business - from marketing to stock control.

Diversify your activities and change your marketing to keep your business active during off-peak times.

Seasonal businesses should use flexible working options and incentives to find and keep high-quality staff.

Arrange repayment terms on overdrafts, loans, mortgages, leasing and factoring to suit seasonal highs and lows.