Get the first steps of starting a business in the right order

Help me with the first steps of starting my business.

The business: [what you'll do]
How I'll trade: [sole trader, limited company, not sure]
Start date: [when]
Staff, premises, online selling: [details]
Food, alcohol, childcare or other regulated work: [details]

First ask me up to 5 short questions. Wait for my answers.

Then:
1. Look up GOV.UK's guide to setting up a business and name it.
2. An ordered checklist split into must-do before trading, should-do in the first month and can-wait, each with the official page.
3. Deadlines that start once I begin trading.
4. Questions to ask an accountant at the start.

Not legal or tax advice. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts or figures. UK English.

For GOV.UK's guide to setting up a business, use web search and name the page you used. If it doesn't search on its own, open View all tools and choose Search.

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