Your Status: Logged out Log in

Business ownerships can set up with different types, for example: Sole traders, Partnerships, Franchises, PLCs and Ltds.

Member rating: No Rating | Words: | Submitted: Mon Oct 08 2007

On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:

Business Ownerships Business ownerships can set up with different types, for example: Sole traders, Partnerships, Franchises, PLCs and Ltds. Sole traders A sole trader is a business that is owned and controlled by one person. The advantages of Sole traders are the wage bill will usually be low, because there a few or no employees. It is easier to keep overall control, because the owner has a hands-on approach to running the business and can make decisions without consulting anyone else. Generally, only a small amount of capital needs to be invested, which reduces the initial start-up cost. A sole trader is easier to run the business than other types of businesses. And a sole reader can set up in business immediately. The disadvantages of being a sole trader are illness, long hours and difficulty of raising capital. Illness means if I had a long illness, I might be forced...

Get instant access



  • Instant, unlimited access to our documents in full
  • Swap your work for free access, or pay £4.99
  • To see the full version of this document and 147,309 others
Register Now
OR

Receive email updates for this category



  • Simply tell us your email address and receive a weekly Study Help Email for FREE
  • Receive 3 FREE essay views with each email
  • Get all the latest essays from Coursework.Info & discussion from TheStudentRoom.co.uk