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UK startup guides for selected trades and services.
A print-ready PDF guide covering registration, compliance, insurance and day-one operations for selected UK trade and service businesses. Available for the business types shown below. Open on phone, tablet or desktop. Read or print.
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£4.99
Print-ready PDF — read or print, not editable
Browse by business type
15 UK business types
Barber Shop
A well-run barber shop needs more than great cuts — it needs solid paperwork behind the chair. LaunchKit provides ready-to-use business documents, financial tracking forms, a pricing calculator, and a startup guide, all tailored to barber shops in the UK.
Beauty Salon
Running a beauty salon means juggling clients, treatments, and a mountain of behind-the-scenes admin. LaunchKit gives you professionally designed business documents, financial tracking forms, a pricing calculator, and a startup guide — all built specifically for beauty salons in the UK.
Carpet Cleaner
A carpet cleaning business runs on trust, clear quoting, and solid record-keeping. LaunchKit gives you professionally designed business documents, financial tracking forms, a pricing calculator, and a startup guide — all tailored to carpet cleaning businesses in the UK.
Childminder
Childminding is rewarding work, but it comes with a real admin load — from daily registers to parent agreements and financial records. LaunchKit provides professionally designed business documents, financial tracking forms, a pricing calculator, and a startup guide, all designed around the records commonly needed by UK childminders.
Dog Grooming
Running a dog grooming business means balancing appointments, client records, and the financial side — all while keeping tails wagging. LaunchKit gives you professionally designed business documents, financial tracking forms, a pricing calculator, and a startup guide, all tailored to dog grooming businesses in the UK.
Electrician
LaunchKit for Electricians brings together the business documents, financial trackers, and pricing tools that electrical contractors actually need. From quote templates and job sheets to MTD-ready spreadsheets, every template is built for how electricians really work — on-site, between jobs, and often on a phone.
Gardener Landscaper
LaunchKit for Gardeners and Landscapers gives you the quotes, invoices, job sheets, and financial trackers that green-industry businesses actually need. Whether you handle regular garden maintenance or large landscaping projects, every template is designed around how your work and your billing really operate.
Hair Salon
LaunchKit for Hair Salons provides the consultation cards, appointment systems, pricing menus, and financial trackers that salon owners need to run a tight operation. Every template is built for the pace of salon life — designed to be filled quickly between clients and look great when handed over.
Makeup Artists
Bridal contracts, patch test records, consent forms, financial trackers and compliance tools built for makeup artists working across the UK. Every template is ready to download, fill in and use straight away.
Massage Therapists
LaunchKit for Massage Therapists provides consultation forms, treatment records, consent documents, and financial trackers designed around the records commonly needed in massage therapy practice. Every template supports professional record-keeping and clear client communication.
Nail Tech
LaunchKit for Nail Techs gives you the consultation cards, consent forms, pricing menus, and financial trackers that nail professionals need to stay organised. Whether you work from a salon, a home studio, or go mobile, every template is designed around how nail businesses really run.
Personal Trainers
LaunchKit for Personal Trainers gives you client onboarding forms, session trackers, programme templates, and financial management tools designed around how PT businesses actually operate. Whether you train in a gym, outdoors, or online, every template fits the way you work.
Photographer
LaunchKit for Photographers provides the contracts, model releases, invoices, and financial trackers that photography businesses need to operate professionally. From wedding contracts to licensing agreements, every template is designed for how photographers actually book, shoot, and deliver.
Plumber
LaunchKit for Plumbers provides the quotes, invoices, job sheets, and financial management tools that plumbing businesses need to run a professional operation. Whether you handle domestic repairs or large heating installations, every template is designed for the realities of plumbing work.
Wedding Planner
Client briefs, vendor coordination sheets, timeline templates, financial trackers and compliance tools built for wedding planners working across the UK. Every template is ready to download, fill in and use straight away.
Why LaunchKit
Built for new and recently-started UK trade or service businesses.
A practical guide, not legal, financial or tax advice. Verify specific regulations against current gov.uk guidance.
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