Step-by-step journeys — Guided paths through business milestones, organised by sector.

Start a business 5

Planning and launching a new business venture

Food and drink

Start a brewery or distillery

Launch a brewery, distillery, winery, or cidery in the UK

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Consumer and r…

Start a food business for the first time

Everything you need to do before opening a food business. Covers registration, premises, HACCP, training, allergens, labelling, and preparing for your first inspection.

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Food and drink

Start a food manufacturing business

Set up a food or drink production and manufacturing business

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Food and drink

Start a hospitality business: licences, food safety, and compliance

End-to-end learning path for opening a hospitality business. Covers premises licences, food business registration, HACCP, fire safety, employer obligations, tipping law, and music licensing. Signposts to specialist guides for accommodation, events, and gaming.

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Food and drink

Start a restaurant

Open a restaurant, cafe, or food business

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Comply with regulations 13

Meeting legal, safety, environmental, and sector-specific requirements

Food and drink

Accommodation compliance for hotels, B&Bs, and holiday lets

Compliance journey for accommodation providers covering tourist registration, fire safety for sleeping accommodation, legionella management, VAT on accommodation, short-term lets regulation, HMO licensing, and data protection for guest data.

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Construction

Building regulations compliance for renovation

Navigate building control approval, thermal upgrade requirements, and competent person schemes when renovating business premises

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Consumer and r…

Food safety quick compliance check

A quick compliance check for food business operators. Covers registration, HACCP, allergens, temperature control, training, and record keeping.

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Food and drink

Help with Wales Visitor Levy

Troubleshooting guide for Wales visitor accommodation registration and levy collection. Helps accommodation providers understand registration requirements, council levy adoption, and how to collect and remit the levy.

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Food and drink

Hospitality compliance quick check

Quick compliance check for experienced hospitality operators. Covers licensing, food safety, fire risk, tipping policy, right to work, gas safety, music licensing, and insurance.

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Consumer and r…

Improve your food hygiene rating

Practical steps to improve a poor food hygiene rating. Understand what inspectors scored, fix the issues, and request a re-inspection.

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Advanced engin…

Managing business waste and duty of care compliance

Navigate your legal obligations for business waste - duty of care, waste carriers, transfer notes, and preparing for new recycling rules

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Advanced engin…

Meet environmental compliance requirements

Navigate your environmental obligations including waste duty of care, pollution prevention, packaging responsibilities, and energy reporting

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Consumer and r…

Meet food safety requirements for your business

Register, implement HACCP, and comply with food safety law including allergen requirements

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Food and drink

Open new hospitality premises: from lease to launch

End-to-end journey from signing a lease to opening night. Covers planning use class checks, premises licence application timeline, building regulations and fire safety, commercial kitchen fit-out, food business registration, music licensing, pavement licensing, and staff recruitment with right to work checks.

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Consumer and r…

Respond to a food safety incident

Immediate steps when unsafe food is discovered or a customer reports illness. Stop selling, withdraw the product, notify the FSA, and cooperate with enforcement.

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Food and drink

Respond to a hospitality licensing investigation

What to do if your hospitality business faces a licensing review, environmental health investigation, fire safety enforcement notice, or HMRC compliance check. Covers identifying the investigation type, understanding your rights, gathering evidence, getting representation, and preventing recurrence.

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Food and drink

Running a holiday let

Step-by-step compliance guide for self-catering holiday accommodation. Covers licensing, safety, tax, food hygiene, and employment obligations.

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