Professional support

Provides information and guidance on the use of late payment legislation. Has a very useful calculator for figuring out interest rates.

You can get the contact details of your local chamber of commerce from this site.

Practical advice for businesses from the government.

Membership confers access to legal information and document supply including sample contracts of employment, legal case studies, tax and VAT information.

Government department responsible for the business of the former Inland Revenue and HM Customs & Excise. Every working person's best friend – or worst enemy. Seriously, though, there's some good stuff here on starting up in business as well as information on self-assessment, VAT and more.

Europe's largest organisation dedicated to promotion of teleworking.

Well-known style guide used by The Economist magazine.

A collection of macros for Microsoft Word (PC and Mac).

This UK newspaper's editorial style guide is more informal than The Economist's (see above) and probably more appropriate for websites and social media.

International training provider for book publishers. [CO]

Warnings about the pitfalls of vanity publishing, plus free advice including an advice pack on all aspects of publishing.

Free online community of wordsmiths and word lovers dedicated to improving people's written English skills.