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How to close down your limited company by getting it struck off the Companies Register

• Overview

  You can close down your limited company by getting it ‘struck off’ the…

• Close down your company

  Before applying to strike off your limited company, you must close it down…

• Apply to strike off

  To apply to strike off your limited company, you must send Companies House…

• Withdraw your application

  You must withdraw your application if your company is no longer eligible…

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

• Overview

  When a business changes owner, its employees may be protected under the…

• Consulting and informing

  Before a transfer of ownership happens, employers must tell the trade…

• Transfers of employment contracts

  Under TUPE, the new employer takes over employees’ employment contracts,…

• Redundancy

  The new employer cannot make employees redundant just because they were…

• Information about employees during transfers

  An employer must provide the new employer with information about…

• Insolvent businesses

  If the employer is insolvent and the business is being transferred or…

• Employees working abroad

  Employees of a UK business who are based outside the UK could still be…

• Help and advice

  Both employers and employees can get confidential help and advice on…

How to prepare for a flood: who to contact, how to protect your property, get insurance.

• Protect yourself from future flooding

  You can: check for flooding in the next 5 days sign up for flood warnings…

• Protect your property

  Before a flood happens you can make changes to your property to reduce the…

• Get insurance

  If you’re a homeowner, you can: get insurance advice from the National…

Object to a company's application to be removed from the companies register - how to find out if a company's applied for insolvency, who can object, how to object, what happens next.

Regulation will be cut back as the Prime Minister sets out his latest steps to drive economic growth that puts more money in working people’s pockets.

• Updated: 11 March 2025

How to close a limited company - strike off, dissolution, voluntary liquidation - or allow to become dormant

What you need to check inside and outside of the vehicle when you do a bus, coach or other public service vehicle (PSV) walkaround check.

• Updated: 18 April 2023

Business Asset Disposal Relief (was known as Entrepreneurs' Relief) can reduce your Capital Gains Tax (CGT) when you sell certain business assets or shares - eligibility, deadlines, how to claim

Lays-offs and short-time working - pay, rights, temporary lay-off, redundancy, taking on extra work, claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, short-time regulations and payments

Information on UK sanctions currently in place and how to apply for the appropriate licences.

• Updated: 10 October 2024