How We Create Our Content

Content is researched using official UK sources wherever possible. These include:

• GOV.UK — for government guidance, tax and business registration
• HMRC — for tax, VAT, National Insurance and Self Assessment
• Companies House — for company formation and filing requirements
• ICO — for data protection and GDPR guidance
• HSE — for health and safety requirements

Content may be drafted or assisted using AI tools, but it is always reviewed and edited before publication. We don't publish anything we haven't read and checked ourselves.

Our content is written for ordinary business owners, not specialists. We avoid jargon, unnecessary complexity and legal hedging. If a topic is genuinely complicated, we explain it clearly — we don't hide behind vague language or assume you already know the background. If something isn't clear, that's on us, not you.

Everything on Business Handbook is written specifically for UK businesses. We reference UK regulations, HMRC rules, Companies House requirements and UK employment law throughout. We don't adapt generic international content and present it as UK guidance — if it's here, it applies here.

UK business rules, tax rates and regulations change. We review content periodically and update it when significant changes occur — for example, after a Budget, a change in HMRC guidance, or an update to employment law. We don't make promises about specific review schedules, but we do take accuracy seriously and act when things need updating.

We are not affiliated with HMRC, Companies House or any government body. Our recommendations are based on what we believe is genuinely useful and relevant to our readers — not on commercial relationships. Where we use affiliate links, we disclose this clearly. Affiliate relationships don't influence what we recommend or how we write about a topic. See our Affiliate Disclosure for full details.

We use AI tools to help with research and drafting. We're transparent about this because we think you deserve to know. Any content that is AI-assisted is reviewed and edited before it's published — we don't copy-paste AI output and call it done. Our Business AI tool, which lets you ask questions directly, is clearly labelled as AI-generated and is intended as a helpful starting point, not a definitive answer.

If you spot an error, find something out of date, or want to suggest a topic we haven't covered — please let us know. We genuinely welcome it. You can reach us through our contact page. We read every message and take content feedback seriously.