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Starting up your own consulting business can be a scary and challenging thing to do, especially if you have always been employed by another company. Becoming self-employed throws up a huge amount of responsibilities and tasks you will never have had to deal with before, such as accounting and managing staff, and it can be a completely different animal to having a 9-5 job. Starting up a new business can be very costly and investment can run into thousands of pounds. However it is possible to start up without any initial layout and keep your business plan low risk.