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Employment Tribunal decision.
Information about applications to include words in company names that are ‘sensitive’, i.e. are meaningful with respect to the functions of other public bodies.
Get your business ready to employ staff - your responsibilities as an employer, register with HMRC, set up PAYE, get insurance
Volume 2 of a 2 volume report on the Companies Act 2006 by ORC International for the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills.
Yearly release providing information about the companies register, including incorporations, removals, insolvencies and liquidations, and other corporate body types.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Updates on the proposed commercial frameworks for transport and storage, power, and industrial carbon capture business models.
If you are a Community Interest Company (CIC) you can apply to convert directly to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO).
Find out about tax reliefs and allowances available from HMRC if you run a business, employ people or are self-employed.
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