At Home Magazine

Buying a business is one way of striking out alone but you still need dedication, determination and money. A knowledge of what is going through the seller's mind also helps.

PEOPLE all over the UK are increasingly thinking 'green' when it comes to running the home and disposing of household waste and there's no reason why that environmentally friendly attitude shouldn't continue into the workplace.

Food for thought Sell: Turning a passion for a particular food into a business is the perfect way to combine work with pleasure, as these three couples discovered.

Knowing how to solve a business dispute and who to approach for help with trademarks, patents and copyright is vital when you’re running your own company.

Make your business family friendly Sell: If you help your employees to balance work and home, you'll attract the best staff and keep them loyal and motivated.

Be your own boss/Business Planning Sell: Do you have what it takes? Do you know how to identify your strengths and weaknesses and whether there's a niche for your product or service? MICHELLE FORMBY has the answers.

Some of Britain's most successful businessmen and women admitto Anita Roddick the best – and worst – mistakes they made while setting up their companies.

Anyone who imagines the world differently and who has the ability to make things happen is on the way to becoming an entrepreneur, says the greatest alchemist of them all, ANITA RODDICK

The day I realised The Body Shop was moving away from just being a livelihood to a business, with all that that implies, I promised myself that I would do everything in my power to make it bold and brave and different. Not just big, but brave. I have come across an expressionrecently – 'Small Giants' – and that says it all. Small is the new big!

What are the 20 worst mistakes you can make when setting up and running a business?

Anita Roddick, who admits she made her own errors of judgement during The Body Shop years, has some sound words of advice for potential entrepreneurs.