Last updated on June 11th, 2019 at 03:16 pm

I’m sure that many of the readers of this blog have had that thought at some point in their lives “it would be nice to work for myself”, and indeed as we have many small business owners that visit our site they will have done more than just think about it.

This article is aimed at those of our visitors that are still in the “should I / shouldn’t I” phase and hopefully will of some help in making your mind up whether to go ahead or not (or even just in giving you a list of things to be thinking about).

Business Idea

Firstly you need to be realistic about the business idea that you have had – is there enough demand for the service or product that you are going to provide?  For example the market town I live in (with a population about 3,100 people) has 8 hairdressers plus another 5 that work from home or travel to clients homes.  This means that on average they are catering for 240 people each Continue reading →