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Submissions related to human medicines need to be submitted directly to the MHRA.
Complain about or report company for breaking the law or committing fraud, running scams, or selling faulty products of services
Set up and run a business partnership - naming a partnership, registering with HMRC, partnership tax returns and legal responsibilities
This collection brings together all documents relating to business population estimates.
How to request and manage the authentication code you'll need to file information online at Companies House.
How to put your limited company or limited liability partnership into administration - what administration is, appointing an administrator, when administration ends
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.
How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.
What happens if your company cannot pay its debts and is given a court judgment, statutory demand or winding-up order by your creditors
What it means to be dormant for Corporation Tax or Companies House - trading and non-trading, annual accounts, Company Tax Returns and telling HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
Guidance for UK businesses on rules for selling services to Norway.
You can ask Companies House to keep your address out of the company records people can search - who can apply, forms, when your address will be removed from the records
Application form RQ(Co) to request a restriction by a company.
Guidance for UK businesses on rules for selling services to Germany.
Guidance for UK businesses on rules for selling services to Austria.
What the public register is, what details you need to give us, and how the public can access this information.
How to protect your company from scams and fraud and how to report it.
How to close a limited company - strike off, dissolution, voluntary liquidation - or allow to become dormant
Guidance for UK businesses on rules for selling services to Finland.
File changes to your company information including directors, shareholders and registered office address, and where your company records are kept
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