This week’s topics
Legal structures and regulatory compliance
- Business formation models
- Tax obligations and VAT registration
- Intellectual property protection
- Employment law and data protection
- Legal basics for UK businesses
- Directors' responsibilities: Data Protection – what you need to know and where to start
- VAT Registration Explained By A Real Accountant - Value Added Tax UK
What you will be able to do
- 1.3 Describe the legal requirements when starting a business.
Activity
Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: describe the legal requirements when starting a business.
Study materials
Videos
- Legal basics for UK businesses · YouTube · Newcastle University Careers Service · 10 min · for registered students
- Directors' responsibilities: Data Protection – what you need to know and where to start · YouTube · Companies House · 26 min · for registered students
- VAT Registration Explained By A Real Accountant - Value Added Tax UK · YouTube · Tony D | The Chief Finance Officer · 7 min · for registered students
- How to prepare for a VAT enquiry · YouTube · ICAEW · 22 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Set up as a sole trader (GOV.UK) · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
- Intellectual property: an overview (GOV.UK) · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
- Entrepreneurship, ch. 13: Business Structure Options: Legal, Tax, and Risk Issues · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 501–538 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
