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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
You must register with your local authority to run a food business.
Defines unincorporated and incorporated businesses.
How to account for VAT on vehicles and fuel you use for your business.
Intellectual property can be bought, sold or licensed.
Find out if you need to apply for the fit and proper test and how to do this so that HMRC can register your business.
Use this form to change a proprietor’s name or address.
Buy or get someone's permission to use a patent, trade mark, design or work under copyright
Guidance for UK businesses on rules for selling services to France.
Find out about risks of excise duty evasion and other commercial risks if you're an excise warehousekeeper, registered owner, duty representative or registered consignor.
Find out about travelling and subsistence expenses for an employee's spouse when they accompany them on business trips.
Start a business to help people or communities - business structures including community interest companies and co-operatives
Find out about changes to the Business Investment Relief rules from 6 April 2017.
How Business e-services customers can register the death of a joint proprietor through the portal.
Woodlands may be eligible for certain tax reliefs and exemptions, depending on the type of woodland and its purpose.
In England and Wales your local property tax will be either Council Tax or business rates (sometimes referred to as non-domestic rates).
Examples of unacceptable trade marks around protected emblems, internet domain names and your company name.
Find out if you need to register to store goods in the UK for sellers established outside the UK.
What qualifies as ordinary commuting and private travel for tax purposes.
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
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