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Business Structures and Contracts
This is where you get the legal side of your business right, in plain English. Business Structures and Contracts covers the two decisions that shape everything else: how you set your business up, as a sole trader, a limited company or a partnership, and the contracts that decide whether you get paid, who owns your work, and what happens when a deal turns sour.
Whether you are a freelancer going solo or a founder building something with other people, the guides here take you from “I know I should sort this out” to knowing exactly what to do about it. Every one is written in plain English, built on the actual law, and linked to its sources so you can check it yourself. Start with the cornerstone guide for the whole picture, then dip into the specific guides below for the question in front of you right now.
Start Here: The Complete Overview
If you are setting up, or fixing foundations you rushed, read this first. Our cornerstone guide walks you through the whole subject in one place: choosing the right structure, the contracts you actually need, the ownership trap that catches almost everyone who hires a freelancer, and what to sort out before you take on co-founders or investors. It is the map for everything else in this section.
Setting Up Right
The Legal Basics of Structures and Contracts for Founders and Freelancers.
Guides on Business and Contracts
Once you have the overview, go deeper on the exact question you are dealing with. Each guide below tackles one topic in full, from choosing between sole trader and limited company to who owns the work and when you need a shareholders’ agreement.
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Want the heavy lifting done for you? When you are ready to go from reading to doing, the Business Setup Playbook gives you the whole subject with worked examples, decision frameworks and the fill-in templates.
