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How to identify and report harmful trade practices that affect your business when exporting, importing or operating domestically.
When a business changes owner, employees could be protected under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) regulations (TUPE) - types of transfers, your rights, contracts, redundancy, where to get help
When a business changes owner, its employees may be protected under the…
Before a transfer of ownership happens, employers must tell the trade…
Under TUPE, the new employer takes over employees’ employment contracts,…
The new employer cannot make employees redundant just because they were…
An employer must provide the new employer with information about…
If the employer is insolvent and the business is being transferred or…
Employees of a UK business who are based outside the UK could still be…
Both employers and employees can get confidential help and advice on…
Find out about changes to the Business Investment Relief rules from 6 April 2017.
Trade licence plates - who can use them, when they can be used and how to get a trade licence
All outside appointments or employment taken up by former Department for Business and Trade (DBT) staff at senior Civil Service levels SCS1 and SCS2.
Strikes and industrial action - rights and responsibilities for employers, when unions can take action and the effect on employees' pay and working records
Become a sole trader with HM Revenue and Customs - your legal responsibilities if you run a business as a self-employed sole trader.
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