Essential Steps to Starting a Business in the UK: A Guide for New Entrepreneurs

Embarking on a business venture in the UK offers both exciting possibilities and unique challenges. Whether your ambition is to create a small local business or build a rapidly expanding company, laying the right groundwork from the outset is key to future success.

About This Event

Starting a business can be a highly rewarding venture, filled with exciting new opportunities. Whether you’re setting up a small operation or aiming for substantial growth, establishing a solid foundation is essential. In this webinar, an experienced business advisors will guide new entrepreneurs in the UK through key topics, including selecting a business name, determining VAT registration requirements, understanding confirmation statements, and outlining the duties of a company director.

The session is particularly useful for non-UK residents, as the company formation process is the same as for UK residents, with no restrictions on foreign nationals becoming directors, shareholders, or secretaries of UK companies.

Why Attend?

This webinar is designed to demystify the process of starting a business in the UK. With practical advice from a seasoned emigration lawyers and business advisors, you’ll gain the knowledge and confidence to navigate the company formation process, avoid common pitfalls, and set yourself up for long-term success.

Who Should Attend?

• New entrepreneurs and startup founders
• Non-UK residents looking to start a business in the UK
• Anyone interested in understanding the basics of UK company formation

Event details:

Date & Time: Tuesday, 26 November⋅9:30 – 10:30 am

Platform: [Zoom] Download Zoom App

Agenda

9:30 -9:35 Welcome

9:35-9:45 Bart Kowalczyk, PBLINK Director and founder of AutomateNow.

Building Effective Networking Skills in the UK Business Community

9:45-10:00 Vladyslav Galinskyi Immigration Lawyer at Carter Lemon Camerons

10:00-10:15 Tõnis Jõgeva, Chief Sales Officer & Annika Lee, Business Advisor at 1Office

10:15-10:30 Q&A Session

10:30 Close Session

Speakers

Bart Kowalczyk

PBLINK Director and founder of AutomateNow

Bart excels in fostering UK and international business connections through PBLINK, generating valuable Polish-British partnerships that drive new opportunities. He is also the founder of the Platinum HubSpot agency, AutomateNow.

Vladyslav Galinskyi

Immigration Lawyer at Carter Lemon Camerons

Vladyslav is an experienced immigration lawyer specialising in corporate and private immigration, assisting businesses with sponsor licences and skilled worker visas, as well as handling family, naturalisation, and EU Settlement Scheme applications. Vladyslav is a qualified solicitor in England, Wales, and the Republic of Ireland. He holds a GDL, LPC, Master of Laws, and is a Fellow of CILEX. In his free time, he enjoys swimming, travelling, and playing as a goalkeeper for a local football club.

Annika Lee

Business Advisor at 1Office

Annika specialises in guiding clients through the complexities of establishing and managing a business in the UK, bringing extensive knowledge of the UK’s business landscape.

Tõnis Jõgeva

Chief Sales Officer at 1Office

With expertise in business registration across Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, and the UK, Tõnis has helped over 5,000 entrepreneurs navigate the legal, accounting, and tax aspects of business setup.