Introduction to Business & Tax | 1-Day CourseA one-day course covering how to start a business and the business tax basics you actually need. Coming soon at LPB Deepcar Learning Centre, Sheffield.One day that explains how a business starts and how business tax really works — the parts that only get explained after something has already gone wrong.

Duration: One day

Format: In person, taught in a small group

Venue: LPB Deepcar Learning Centre, Deepcar, Sheffield

Level: Beginners — no business knowledge assumed

Availability: Coming soon — January

Status: Coming soon

Before you start

What a business actually is, in plain terms

Working out whether your idea is worth starting

Sole trader, limited company, or something else — and why the choice matters

The legal and practical things you have to do to start trading legally

Business tax, explained properly

How income tax and National Insurance work when you work for yourself

Registering with HMRC, and what happens if you do not

What you can genuinely claim as a business expense, and what you cannot

Keeping records that will not ruin your January

When you need an accountant, and when you do not

Money and staying alive

The difference between profit and cash, which is where most new businesses fail

Pricing so the work is actually worth doing

The four numbers you should look at every month

Setting aside tax without dreading it

Getting the first customers

How to describe what you do so people understand it

Where your first ten customers will come from

What to say, and what not to say, when you first ask for money

What you will take away

You will know whether your idea is startable, and what the first practical step is

You will understand what business tax means for you personally, before you have to file anything

You will know what to record, how often, and why it matters

You will leave with a written plan for your first ninety days

You will know who to ask when something moves outside your knowledge

Let's Play Business — LPB Deepcar Learning Centre, Deepcar, Sheffield. Contact: anna@letsplaybusiness.co.uk