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Check a business's EORI number, used to import and export goods from the UK
Use this service to apply to strike off a company from the Companies House register. It costs £33 to apply online, or £44 for a paper application.
Use Contracts Finder to find out about current contract opportunities with the government and its agencies.
Use this service to send your lease and rent details to the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) if you've been contacted by them
Incorporate a private limited company - register it with Companies House and rules on directors, shares, articles of association and telling HMRC about the company
Calculate an employee’s maternity pay (SMP), paternity or adoption pay, relevant period and average weekly earnings
Find out if a potential employee's document gives them the right to work in the UK and which documents employers should check.
How to request a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for a potential employee: types of DBS check, how to request a check, how much it costs, how long it takes.
Loans and mentoring for people looking to start or grow a business in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
How to close down your limited company by getting it struck off the Companies Register
How to close a limited company - strike off, dissolution, voluntary liquidation - or allow to become dormant
Business rates are charged on most non-domestic properties - who has to pay, how your rates are calculated, getting a revaluation, what to do if your premises change.
Protect your brand by registering it as a trade mark - how to apply, fees, responding to objections to your trade mark, using the ® symbol
When your company or organisation pays Corporation Tax - paying, reporting and dormant companies
Tell HMRC if you've stopped being self-employed, or you're ending or leaving a business partnership - responsibilities, tax returns, letting any employees know.
Understand the letters and numbers in your employee's tax codes, know when to update someone's tax code
Your legal right to time off to care for dependants - when you can take time off, how long you get, your rights
Apply to get an EORI number to move goods between Great Britain, Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man, and other countries.
Find out if, and how, you need to register with HMRC when you start employing people.
Estimate your business rates by multiplying the rateable value of your business property by a multiplier value set by the government.
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