UNIT 1: CHOOSING THE RIGHT LEGAL STRUCTURE

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UNIT 1: CHOOSING THE RIGHT LEGAL STRUCTURE
  1. LEGAL STRUCTURE concerns the way in which a business is owned, controlled and financed
    1. SOLE TRADER is a business that is owned by one individual and has unlimited liability.
      1. Main source of finance: personal savings or loans from the bank
        1. Advantages: easy and cheap to set up, complete autonomy, gets to keep all profits and speedy decisions
          1. Disadvantages: unlimited liability, nobody to share responsibility and difficult to raise finance
          2. PARTNERSHIPS are owned by two or more people who do not have a separate legal identity to the business, they have unlimited liability.
            1. The main source of finance is personal savings or loans from the bank
              1. Advantages: easy and cheap to set up, more finance, partners bring in new skills and better decision making
                1. Disadvantages: unlimited liability, scope for conflict, decision making may be slow and any partner may quit the business at any time
                2. PRIVATE LIMITED COMPANIES (Ltd) is a business that is owned by one or more and acquires a separate legal identity. The business can own property, sue and be sued, they have limited liability
                  1. Sources of finance include loans and retained profits, cannot offer shares to the general public
                    1. Advantages: limited liability, greater capital raising and continuity and relatively cheap to set up
                      1. Disadvantages: more complex, time consuming, additional costs and are less flexible
                      2. PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY (plc) is a business that is owned by by two or more individuals, it acquires a separate legal identity and has limited liability. The business can own property, sue and to be sued
                        1. Sources of finance include sale of shares, loans and retained profits
                          1. Advantages: limited liability, greater chance of raising capital and greater continuity
                            1. Disadvantages: its most expensive, less flexible than sole trader, threat of take overs and divorce of ownership and control
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