How do I go about setting up a kayak rental business in the UK?

The local council licensing and planning department will be really helpful if you ring them and talk your plan through they will tell you what you want to know.

If I want to run a business in my own private front garden I would still need planning permission and just because it is a private beach you cannot do it without planning permission.

Apart from council issues there is the access to the beach to consider and you will need public liability insurance in place as well.

You will need lifeguards and a rescue boat and a first aid certificate as well.

When you present your case for the council or funding you will need to have done a full business plan and risk assessment as well. An the agreement between you and the beach owner will need a legal agreement as nothing worse than being successful and then being booted off. A legal search will also show whether the beach has covenanted restriction in place as well.

All of which Dumdedum has listed as well as Health & Safety approval from your Council. This will involve a whole host of regulations. This is not going to be as easy as you might think, due to the fact you are responsible for peoples lives.

As for yourself you would have to register as self employed with HMRC and produce yearly accounts.

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