
Guides
How to Start a Business in the UK
23 June, 2025•15 mins
With the UK still on lockdown, the costs of running businesses from home are on the rise. Stay-at-home workers are expected to spend an extra £200 on utilities bills this year, alongside lots of unexpected costs that even the savviest small business owner couldn’t have budgeted for. Here at ANNA, we’ve splashed out on all sorts of extras since lockdown - so we thought we’d check which costs are considered legitimate business expenses. Our in-house accountant John Hodgson has answered all of our lockdown business expense questions.