Hi Kathleen, I set myself up as a part time business in May of this year; things I did included:
Registering with local tax office as part time self employed
Got an accountant for filing tax return - I can do the basic bookkeeping myself - spreadsheet, p & l, stock (sundries)
Public liability insurance (for when working at venues for weddings etc)
In terms of advertising:
Produced logo
Registered domain name
Put together a website
Got free listing on Yell.com/yellow pages
Also put ad. together for yell.com and google (these will run when I want them to - have been too busy with my day job to take on too much floristry work so don't run them at the moment)
Designed flyer
Printed business cards
The work I have had (3 weddings, displays for hairdresser and a couple of hand-ties) have all come via friends/acquantencies. Have also had a couple of orders and various enquiries through my website.
Hope this helps.
