Services

Find registered designs in the UK

Rules for online and distance selling for businesses

Find courses and training online with the National Careers Service and get advice on funding the costs of learning

Getting a work reference from an employer either while in work or when applying for a new job – and what you can do if you think it's unfair.

The rules on working hours - hour and limits, rests, health assessments and terms and conditions

Rules employers must follow when making staff redundant - consultations, notice periods, compulsory and non-compulsory redundancy and redundancy pay

Employer and employee guide to unpaid carer’s leave - who can take it, how long for, when can employers postpone or delay.

How to move goods from the UK to international destinations, including any special rules you’ll need to follow to move your goods from the UK.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and 3 others

Fire safety in business and non-domestic premises: the responsible person, fire risk assessments, shared premises, new buildings, enforcement, appeals and penalties

Statutory demands are a formal way of asking for a debt to be paid - get the forms to send, cancel or set aside a statutory demand.

Find out if simplified expenses suits your business. Compare what expenses you can claim using simplified expenses with what you can claim by working out the actual costs.

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

What an employee needs to do when they resign from a job: how to give notice, notice period, payment arrangements, gardening leave, restrictive covenants

Employees working for one employer without a break, employments rights for continuous services, breaks that do not affect continuous service

Part-time workers should not be treated less favourably than full-time workers; employers' responsibilities and what part-time workers can do if they're treated unfairly

Minimum wage rates for different types of paid employment - time work, output work, unmeasured work, salaried hours work.

Your insurance must cover you for at least £5 million - check authorised insurers and how you can be fined

You must register as an overseas company in the UK to do business legally - find out about what you need to do

Improve skills like reading, writing, maths or Information and Communication Technology (ICT) - courses, qualifications, find a course and help

Checks employers might need to run on job applicants, including right to work in the UK, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS - formerly CRB) checks and health checks