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How to buy a home: preparing to buy, deciding on a home, making offers, conveyancing, paying Stamp Duty Land Tax and making complaints.
Buying a home takes about 5 months on average. The process can take longer…
When you decide you want to buy a home, you may need to get a mortgage to…
There are different ways to own a property. Leasehold and freehold…
Before you make an offer, check: what the property is worth the number of…
Once the offer is accepted, the seller is responsible for drawing up a…
You may need to pay: Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) when you buy a home in…
You can make a complaint to a company involved in the sale if you’re…
Provides in depth analyses of the 2012 Small Business Survey findings based on the credit scores of respondent businesses.
What to do if you receive a county court judgment (CCJ) - how to get it set aside or change what you pay, what happens if you do not pay, how to search the register. Includes information from the withdrawn...
How the Operator Compliance Risk Score (OCRS) system works and how vehicle operators should use it.
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Mrs Justice Williams, Judge Wikeley and Judge Citron on 22nd April 2024.
How to prioritise and reduce your debts, and where to get free debt advice
OCRS is used to calculate the risk of commercial vehicle operators not following the rules on roadworthiness and traffic - how the system works, what your score means and how it can change
Claiming Universal Credit if you're self-employed - eligibility, reporting your earnings, start up periods
Information about Universal Credit statistics quality.
How to claim R&D expenditure credit (RDEC) for Corporation Tax relief on your company's R&D, if you’re a large company or small and medium-sized enterprise.
Universal Credit is replacing 6 other benefits with a single monthly payment if you're out of work or on a low income - eligibility, how to prepare.
There has been a compromise to an Armed Forces payment network. This page provides guidance for those affected.
How we use credit scores from credit rating agencies to support our creditworthiness assessment process.
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