Protecting Your Domain Name
We all know by now that protecting your brand name by registering a trade mark is an essential step for all businesses to take – large or small. The cost to apply is greatly justified by the pro...
Unfair Contract Terms to Apply to Small Businesses
I recently posted an article about the incoming unfair contract term laws which apply early November 2016. The new laws will protect small businesses from unfair terms in standard form con...
How to delegate decision making within your business
I often have clients asking me how they can streamline their legal and contracting processes. For smaller business owners, I know that it can be incredibly difficult to relinquish the temptation and c...
The fine line between marketing & misleading conduct
I have seen this many times – a client is passionate about their product and think it’s the best thing since sliced bread (and sometimes it actually is!). In the excitement and enthusiasm for the prod...
QuickTip: Review your consumer & B2B contracts before year-end
#10 Review your consumer and B2B contracts (particularly small business contracts) before they are renewed for the new year! Don’t risk hefty penalties for unfair contract terms. Keep up to dat...
QuickTip: Selling Your Business – review your supplier contracts
08. Review your client and supplier contracts: ensure that you don't miss any non-assignment or consent clauses. For more details, see our full blog post on Sale of Business. Keep up to date with al...
Selling on eBay: Setting up Shop (Part 1)
For some retailers, eBay can provide a successful channel to distribute their merchandise. For some retailers it’s their sole ‘shop front’ and for others it acts as an additional channel t...
QuickTip: Selling Your Business – Read your lease agreement!
07. Ensure that you read your lease agreement to make sure that you are complying with the process for assignment. It may require you to get your landlord's consent. For more details,...
Want to start your own business?
You are passionate, creative and have something that you want to share with the world. Your neighbours and friends have been urging you to sell you products - but how do you go about starting your own...