Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Sole Trader
- A sole trader is a one-owner business. Most small businesses are sole traders
- Advantages
- All profits kept by owner
- Owner has complete control over all decisions
- Owner can choose hours of work/hols
- More personal service offered to customers
- Very easy to set up
- Disadvantages
- Owner has unlimited liability
- Available finance is restricted
- Owner has no-one to share decisions/problems with
- Owner has no-one to share workload with
- Work may stop if owner is ill/on hols
- Finance
Anlagen:
- Owners savings
- Business's retained profits
- Bank loan
- Bank overdraft
- Government grants
- Trade credit
- Debt factoring
- Objectives
- To survive
- To maximise profits
- To improve owner's personal status
- To have a good image in the community