Making a self-employment application
Crisis Changing Lives guides
The following guides will help you complete the self-employment form:
Small business advice and training
Before submitting a self-employment grant application, you must undertake some form of small business training.
This is for us to know that you have support with your business.
If in England, please contact Business Link on 0845 600 9006 to arrange training or contact the following agencies:
- Business Link Agencies: find agencies in Scotland and in Northern Ireland
- National Federation of Enterprise Agencies
- Inbiz is the National Business Agency with offices throughout England and Scotland
- Book an appointment with a local business manager at Barclays
Other sources of funding
- J4B - searchable database of grant funding for small to medium businesses
- Business Link Directory of Grants and Support
- Under 30? Try the Princes Trust
- Prime - Funding and Support for the Over 50s
- New Entrepreneur Scholarships
- CDFA - searchable database of low interest loans
Things to consider
- Please make sure you take advice on whether self-employment will affect your benefits. Make sure the premises your business will be based at give their consent for you to be self employed at their address (particularly if you are living in a hostel or rented accommodation)
- National Insurance and Tax contributions. Please click here for information on Taxation and National Insurance
Downloadable business guides
- Business Link has produced The No-Nonsense Guide to Starting a Business with advice about getting your business off the ground. This is vital to anyone launching a business and can provide answers to many of your questions.
- Working for Yourself -The Guide includes all the information you need about taxation when becoming self employed. It offers advice about self assessment, tax credits, national insurance and VAT
- When you become self-employed it is very important that you know how to register as self-employed with HM Revenue and Customs
These guides are all designed to help you with your business and provide as much support as possible. If you find any other useful sources of information please contact us and we can share these with other award winners.
Other sources of business support and guidance
- Inbiz provides advice and guidance to business start ups from developing enterprise skills to setting up and running your own business
- The Princes Trust business programme (for people between 18 and 30) can provide ongoing support as well as low cost loans to help get your business started
- National Federation of Enterprise Agencies can help you find local support in your area
- New Enterprise Scholarships are run by local business enterprise agencies and provide a programme of support for entrepreneurs from deprived areas
- Regional Development Agencies offer support for small businesses and enterprises by region
In London:
- London Development Agency: Business London is a good London-wide initiative for small businesses
- GLE (Greater London Enterprise) is an independent organisation offering a wide range of general and financial support throughout London
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