Hi thank you for your reply and the link you gave me. Unfortunately that wont help me. At the moment I am not sure whether or not to be a sole trader or ltd company. It seems you need more money to register with the ltd, which do you think is best?

Hello. I am a single parent and on income support plus disability premium, I also get lower rate disability. I truly want to start my own eCommerce business with the view to opening a shop. This has been something I have wanted to do for a few years. Lack of confidence in my own ability prevented this. I have some time ago seen someone at business link. Can anyone tell me how this would effect the benefits i get? I have to think of how I will manage until i can generate an income from the business..