Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Legal Ownership
- Sole Traders
- Disadvantages
- Illness or holidays may mean
no income
- You need business skills
- You are personally responsible for paying all
debts, otherwise you could be declared bankrupt,
this is called unlimited liability
- Advantages
- Easy to set up, just register with the tax
office.
- After paying tax, all the
profits are yours.
- You can trade under your own name
without needing permission
- Partenerships
- Disadvantages
- Partners may disagree or not
contribute equally
- Profit must be shared
- Decision making may be slower
- Advantages
- Partners can share skills
and ideas
- Problems can be discussed and different
views taken into account
- The business can still operate if one
partner is ill or on holiday
- Private Limited
Company
- Disadvantages
- Shares in a private company cannot be sold to the public
- Limited companies must comply with more laws and
send their accounts to Companies House each year
- All directors and company officers have
certain legal duties and obligations
- Advantages
- The owners have limited liability for debts. If
the business fails, they are only liable up to the
amount they invested in the business.
- Banks are more willing to lend money
- Public Limited
Company
- Advantages
- Business receives far more capital which
can be used to grow the company
- If the business is successful, the value of shares will
increase, which increases the value of the company
- Some of he profit, after tax, can be
paid to the shareholders as dividends
- Disadvantages
- The company must comply with more rules and its
accounts are reported in the press
- An annual general meeting must be held each year
and all the shareholders are invited
- If the shares fall in
value, many
shareholders may
sell which lowers the
value of the
company
- Franchise
- Advantages
- The franchiser
gives you support
- Relationships with suppliers have already been established
- You can use a recognised brand name and trade marks
- Disadvantages
- Other franchisees may give the company a bad reputation
- You may find it difficult to sell your franchise
- You might not be
able to make
changes to suit
your local market