Starting a Photographic Business

Table of Contents

1. Types of Company - Sole Trader / Partnership / Limited Company - Advantages and Disadvantages 

2. Setting up Accounts - Records to keep - Banks and banking- Offering credit card facilities Offering credit card facilities Offering credit card facilities Income Tax and National Insurance Income Tax and National Insurance Income Tax and National Insurance- Value added tax (V AT) Value added tax (VAT) Value added tax (VAT)

3. Business Plan - Formulating a business plan

4. Cash Flow Forecast - Raising cash

5. Computers in Business

6. High Street Studio - The Pros and Cons. - Working From Home Working From Home Working From Home - Location, Renting or Buying Location

7. Contact the Professionals - Market research

8. Feedback can help your business

9. Obtaining appointments

10. Dealing with problems

11. Press releases

12. Pricing

13. Legal - Starting a claim

Studio vs Location Portrait photography

The Dos and Don'ts of Portrait Photography

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