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No one ever said starting a business was easy, but making the right decisions at the outset can make it a much easier process. If you're considering starting a business in the UK, one of the first things you'll need to decide is which business structure to adopt.

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An Overview of UK Business Structures

When you start a business in the United Kingdom, you have several options for business structures. The most common structures are:

Alongside these structures, there are less common structures in the UK, such as unlimited companies and social enterprises, predominantly used by charities and non-profit organisations. Each type of business has its own legal and tax rules, so it's important to choose the right structure for your business.

Sole Trader or Sole Proprietorship

In the United Kingdom, a sole trader or sole proprietorship is a business owner who is not legally considered a separate entity from their business. This type of business structure is the simplest and most common way to start a business in the UK.

Another downside is that it can be challenging to raise capital, as potential investors may be reluctant to invest in a business with such high personal risk.

Sole Trader Responsibilities

There are a few key things to remember if you're operating as a sole trader in the UK:

You'll need to register with and file a self-assessment tax return each year. This is relatively straightforward - you can do it online or through the post.

You need to keep accurate records of your income and expenses, which will make it easier to complete your tax return accurately.

You need to pay any taxes that are due on time.

How to Register as a Sole Trader

Registering as a sole trader is relatively straightforward and only takes a few minutes. HMRC provides clear and concise guidance on its website, and plenty of helpful information is available from other sources.

One of the quickest ways to register as a sole trader is to use a company formation agent who will take care of the registration for you. So if you're thinking of starting your own business in the simplest way, register as a sole trader today.
Register as a sole trader today.
Business Partnership

In many ways, being in a partnership is similar to being a sole trader, as you are personally responsible for the business's debts and expenses. The big difference is that you share that responsibility.

The key advantage of a partnership is that it allows businesses to pool resources and expertise. This can help them access new markets, finance new products and tap into new pools of customers.

Business Partnership Responsibilities

If you're a partner in a business partnership, you will need to:

Register with HMRC and file an annual self-assessment tax return . Each partner pays tax individually and is responsible for their own self-assessment tax return and paying income tax.

Pay any taxes that are due on time.

Complete a Partnership Return , showing each partner's share of profits and losses

Keep accurate profit and loss records.

It's important to ensure you meet your responsibilities as a partner. Failure to do so can result in fines from HMRC.

How to Register a Business Partnership

Once you've chosen your business name, you'll need to choose a "nominated partner". A nominated partner is responsible for maintaining company records and ensuring tax returns are filed.

Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)

In addition, an LLP provides a flexible framework for structuring business relations among the partners. For instance, partners can agree to share business profits and losses in any proportion they choose. As a result, an LLP can be an attractive choice for businesses that want to enjoy the benefits of both partnerships and corporations.

Limited Liability Partnership Director Responsibilities

If you are the director of an LLP, you will need to:

Maintain accurate accounting records

Prepare, sign and file accounts with Companies House

Keep the statutory register up to date (e.g. Persons with Significant Control)

Submit a confirmation statement to Companies House

Inform Companies House of any company changes.

As a director, you must ensure that you comply with all your responsibilities to avoid fines and potential criminal charges from Companies House and HMRC.

How to Register a Limited Liability Partnership

The next step is to choose your registered office address. Your registered address will be where Companies House will send all official correspondence and needs to be:

A physical address

In the same country as your LLP is registered.

Register your limited liability partnership today.
Private Limited Company (Ltd)

Private Limited Company Director Responsibilities

As the director of a private limited company, you are responsible for:

Following your company's rules as outlined in your articles of association

Keeping accurate company records

Reporting any significant changes to Companies House

Filing your company accounts and annual tax return

Informing shareholders of any potential personal benefits of business transactions

Paying corporation tax.

How to Register a Private Limited Company

The first thing you need to do to register a private limited company is to pick a company name. As with LLPs and ordinary partnerships, the name cannot be in use by another company, too similar to an existing company or offensive.
Register your private limited company today.
Public Limited Company (PLC)

Public Limited Company Responsibilities

As a director of a public limited company, your responsibilities include:

Ensuring your company has at least two directors and a qualified company secretary

Sending an annual return to Companies House

Maintaining all company records

Filing accounts with Companies House every year

Ensuring your company accounts are professionally audited (unless exempt)

Paying corporation tax.

How to Register a Public Limited Company

You have at least two shareholders

You have at least two directors and a qualified secretary

You have a minimum share capital of £50,000.

Next, you'll need to put together your memorandum and articles of association . These documents outline how your company will run. They include details on how decisions are made, director responsibilities and how you can appoint and remove directors. While you can put together your own incorporation documents , it's always a good idea to consult a professional.

With your documents ready, you can file them with Companies House and complete your application. This can be done online or by post. We'd always recommend applying online as the process is much faster.

How to Choose the Right Business Structure for Your Business

When starting a business, one of the first decisions you'll need to make is what type of business entity to establish. This is a daunting decision as it will impact a number of factors, including your personal liability, your corporation and income tax obligations, and the amount of official paperwork required to keep your business up and running.

Hopefully, our guide has helped you to understand the different business structures in the UK, but if you're not sure where to start, here are some things to consider that might help you make a decision:

Do you want to be personally liable for business debts?

Do you want shareholders or to run the business on your own?

Do you want to share responsibility and liability with a partner?

Do you want to start simply and change the structure later on?

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Any time we want to get started on a role play activity it is important for us as teachers to look into the areas that students lack the most confidence in. There are many formal and informal encounters that occur in the work place that students will need to practice in the classroom environment in order to become more confident and feel more relaxed.

Having said this, let's take a look at some engaging role play activities to help your class prepare themselves for these situations.
Telephone Calls:
Phone practice is very important for students, as there are often external factors such as bad phone signal or background noise, which can make it harder for them to understand the conversation. Write down hypothetical scenarios on slips of paper and put them in a hat. Each student will get a turn to randomly pick a scenario and will then have to perform a spontaneous phone call with their partner; this way they will get lots of practice in both receiving and making phone calls. Make sure to cover basic phrases when giving/asking for details, ending a conversation, thanking and responding and arranging meetings. If possible, the best way to fully prepare the students is to practice with an actual phone in a separate room; allowing the scenario to be as authentic as possible will enable students to get used to the external sounds that are commonly heard during a call.

Catching up with colleagues/talking about social plans:

This is a more informal topic for the work place but is still very important for building relationships and making plans. Students must know the difference between the formal and informal phrases used when talking to colleagues. Set up group scenarios that could take place in the cafeteria or in the office. Each student is given a title in the business eg, Managing Director, Junior Intern. This role play should be as spontaneous as possible. To make the group's conversation flow, hand a different conversation topic to each of the students at different points during the conversation. Walk around the group every few minutes and give each student a topic that they should start talking about. Topics could include making a plan to watch rugby together, talking about holidays or favourite movies/books. If your students are having trouble understanding the idea behind this activity, work on a few video or audio clips to give them a clearer example.

Apologizing:
This topic can be very intimidating for students, so allowing them a few minutes to think about how to approach the situation is often more effective. All students would most probably have had to apologize at some point in their career, whether it was for being late or making a mistake. For this role play, the students should think of a situation where they needed to apologize but could not find the suitable words. Tell them to explain the situation they experienced to the class and then, encourage them to practice how they would handle that particular situation if it occurred again. Giving the students an opportunity to share real life situations, will lead to a discussion and swapping of stories, which is great for the practical application of different apologizing and responding phrases. You may also write different situations or problems on the board and have your class come up with a unique apology for each scenario. This activity can be modified and used for speaking or writing activities.

This topic can be very intimidating for students, so allowing them a few minutes to think about how to approach the situation is often more effective.

Being negative diplomatically:
This is an area that students will probably lack the most confidence. Disagreeing with a colleague, a boss or a client's new idea is intimidating even in one's native language. It is therefore very important to be able to disagree with an idea without coming across as offensive or rude. The phrases used when trying to be diplomatic are very important and using the wrong terms could have a negative impact. Show the students a video of a new idea that is being pitched, for example, a clip from 'The Dragon's Den' where entrepreneurs pitch ideas for new businesses. Then tell them to practice turning down the idea in a diplomatic way. You could pretend to be the entrepreneur pitching the idea; this would be effective as the students may not be as comfortable or familiar with you in comparison to their peers.

Introducing your business:
It is a good idea for students to practice introducing their business as it will cover many areas needed for the work place. It is also important for students to become familiar with different job titles and industry jargon. Create a business profile of a hypothetical company and give each student a copy to analyze. You can start by asking them basic comprehension questions regarding the information; this can also be an opportunity for them to ask you about anything they do not understand. Set the task for them to create their own business profile, about their job and company; then get them to present it to the class. This will also allow them to develop their presenting skills. Body language during the presentation is almost as important as the actual speech, so make sure to comment on positive and negative body language habits.

These are just a few simple activities to help your students prepare themselves for the business world. As you work with these activities feel free to get creative and come up with some activities of your own.

What other great role play activities would you recommend using? Please share your ideas in the comment section below, we could love to hear from you!

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Listening Exercise

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From Margaret Atwood to Kazuo Ishiguro, the Booker Prize has been celebrating and rewarding the best writers of long-form fiction in the English language since 1969. Here is a definitive list of the winning and shortlisted authors and their novels, since the prize's inception

The Booker Prize is the world's leading literary award for a single work of fiction. Founded in the UK in 1969, it initially rewarded Commonwealth writers and now spans the globe: it is open to anyone regardless of origin.

Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of our judges, the best sustained work of fiction written in English and published in the UK and Ireland. Find out more about the prize's origins here.

The winning book is a work that not only speaks to our current times, but also one that will endure and join the pantheon of great literature.

The winner of the inaugural prize was P.H Newby in 1969, with his novel Something To Answer For. Since then, some of the world's most acclaimed and celebrated writers have won the prize with an array of remarkable fiction, including V.S. Naipaul, Iris Murdoch, William Golding, Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, Bernardine Evaristo and Hilary Mantel, to name but a few. You can discover more authors and novels in the Booker Library, here.

The winner of the Prize now receives £50,000, with £2,500 awarded to each of the shortlisted authors. Most recently, Shehan Karunatilaka won the Booker Prize 2022 for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida.

In July 2023, the next 'Booker Dozen' of 12 or 13 books will be announced, with the shortlist of six books to follow in September. The winner of the Booker Prize 2023 will be announced in Autumn 2023.

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