Honorary president: Judith Butcher Honorary vice-president: David Crystal OBE

Professional support

General business

• Better Payment Practice Campaign

  Provides information and guidance on the use of late payment legislation. Has a very useful calculator for figuring out interest rates.

• British Chambers of Commerce

  You can get the contact details of your local chamber of commerce from this site.

• Business Link

  Practical advice for businesses from the government.

• Federation of Small Businesses

  Membership confers access to legal information and document supply including sample contracts of employment, legal case studies, tax and VAT information.

• HM Revenue & Customs

  Government department responsible for the business of the former Inland Revenue and HM Customs & Excise. Every working person's best friend – or worst enemy. Seriously, though, there's some good stuff here on starting up in business as well as information on self-assessment, VAT and more.

• Telework Association

  Europe's largest organisation dedicated to promotion of teleworking.

Publishing/editorial

• Economist style guide

  Well-known style guide used by The Economist magazine.

• The Editorium

  A collection of macros for Microsoft Word (PC and Mac).

• Guardian style guide

  This UK newspaper's editorial style guide is more informal than The Economist's (see above) and probably more appropriate for websites and social media.

• Publishing Training Centre

  International training provider for book and journal publishers. [CO]

• Vanity Publishing: A campaign for truth and honesty

  Warnings about the pitfalls of vanity publishing, plus free advice including an advice pack on all aspects of publishing.

• Write Better English

  Free online community of wordsmiths and word lovers dedicated to improving people's written English skills.

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