The Ultimate Guide to Selling on Amazon UK
Our Ultimate Guide to Selling on Amazon UK outlines how traders can list and sell their items, indicates how much it costs and explains the responsibilities involved.
4th January 2021
TOP 10 BUSINESSES TO START IN 2022
If 2020 taught us anything, it’s that we all need a ‘backup plan’, something to fall back on during times of uncertainty. It’s no secret that the pandemic has adversely impacted our everyday lives. In the UK alone, unemployment rose by 750,000 and it is expected to increase even further in 2021 and 2022. So, as things continue to look uncertain, how can you make efforts to build on and future proof your income?
For many, entrepreneurship is a great option!
Whether you are looking to turn your favourite hobby into a business or venture into new territories, we’ve put together some great ideas to help you get the ball rolling!
Timing plays a huge part in starting a new business. For example, most successful entrepreneurs jumped at business opportunities at exactly the right time, which resulted in their success!
With this in mind, we’ve done the hard work for you and put together a list of top 10 businesses to start this year. PLUS, these top 10 businesses are linked directly to the relevant step-by-step guides to help you effectively launch and grow your own business.
1. An eCommerce Business on Amazon
Amazon attracts a huge audience of potential purchasers and provides a global shop window for product creators, distributors and home-based business owners.
With numerous lockdowns, restrictions and the enormous growth in online shopping in 2020, starting an eCommerce business on Amazon is a no-brainer!
2. A Domestic Cleaning Business
A domestic cleaner provides general home cleaning services such as dusting, vacuuming, and bathroom and kitchen cleaning.
Cleaning services are high in demand both domestically and commercially, and the plus side is you don’t need any major qualifications to get started!
3. Specialist Cake Making Service
Speciality cake makers bake and decorate cakes for various celebrations and occasions, including weddings, christenings, anniversaries and birthdays.
We may not have been able to celebrate as he had hope last year, be it birthdays, weddings, christenings etc but this is still a huge industry with potential for even more growth post restrictions.
A pet grooming service provides clipping and trimming, washing, flea treatment, nail cutting, teeth cleaning and coat conditioning for pet animals.
Pet grooming services are a great option if you are an animal lover. There are many options available and it’s super easy to get things started!
Photographers produce images using both digital and 35mm analogue film cameras in a range of styles and formats for both commercial and private clients.
Photography services are required by many businesses and individuals. Although photography requires minimal experience to get started, there are many affordable courses available to help boost your knowledge and confidence.
Courier services collect and deliver parcels, packages, letters and documents for a wide range of organisations, usually either on an express or same-day delivery basis within 48 hours of collection.
The demand for courier services during the pandemic has been enormous. And as online shopping becomes the norm for the western world, this demand is set to continue.
Jewellery makers design and produce original and bespoke jewellery such as necklaces, rings, bracelets, brooches and cufflinks.
If you’re passionate about jewellery or crafts, this is the business for you! PLUS getting started couldn’t be more simple!
Personal fitness trainers (also referred to as personal trainers) provide personalised exercise training programmes to help people achieve their health and fitness goals.
2020 and 2021 saw the fitness industry reinventing the way we exercise, with many fitness providers switching to online coaching. With this in mind, if you are thinking of starting your own fitness business, you can really afford to get creative with your offering and tailor it to your customers’ needs.
Removal services are used by a range of private and commercial customers such as homebuyers, residential and commercial landlords and tenants, university students, and banks repossessing property to move individual pieces of furniture or pack and move the entire contents of a property.
Another fantastic business idea requiring minimal skills or qualifications! All you need to start is a driving license an access to a moving vehicle and you can start making some extra cash in no time!
Graphic designers create original artwork for published, printed and digital media. Typical clients include commercial, public sector or charitable organisations requiring design work, although many designers gain work through design, marketing or advertising agencies.
With more people turning to entrepreneurship and requiring graphic design services, becoming a graphic designer has never looked more attractive!Â
Looking for More Ideas?
Why not browse through our library of step-by-step guides and get your creative juices flowing. Did we mention they are 100% FREE and downloadable?
Share This Article
You may also be interested in ...
How to Turn your Passion into a Successful Business
Ever heard of the saying ‘Do what you love, and you’ll never work another day in your life’? At some point in your life, maybe in one of those dreadful Monday mornings that everyone hates, you’ve probably day dreamed of quitting your job to purse your passion(s). But of course, very few of us actually bite the bullet and do it. For those that do, the path is not without its trials and tribulations but can be very rewarding.
