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If your company wishes to use a venture capital scheme to encourage investment, it must meet the permanent establishment condition.
Explains your responsibilities, including choosing a name, having a registered address, appointing partners and registering with Companies House.
Guidance for UK companies on winning business from international aid and development projects.
Find out whether you're established in the UK for customs purposes.
The UK has introduced a points-based immigration system.
Apply for a Start-up visa if you've been endorsed for a business idea: eligibility, documents, switch to this visa, bring your family.
Start a business to help people or communities - business structures including community interest companies and co-operatives
Incorporate a private limited company - register it with Companies House and rules on directors, shares, articles of association and telling HMRC about the company
How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.
Check if you need a visa or permit to work in Latvia and how to get one if you do.
Explanation of terms used in Ofsted's official and national statistical releases.
Apply to give up (renounce) your British citizenship or status - ‘declaration of renunciation’
Includes self-employment and starting a business
Frequently asked questions on the Levelling Up Fund Round 2.
What you need to do to start a business: choose a legal structure, see if you need licences and insurance, learn about reliefs and benefits
Apply for a Scale-up Worker visa if you’ve been offered a skilled job with a fast-growing UK employer - eligibility, fees, documents, extend, switch or update, bring your partner and children.
This collection brings together examples from communities in the East of England.
How to set up a flat management company to manage property on residents' behalf and what you must do to run it legally
The government introduced a number of measures through the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 to incentivise the prompt build-out of housing sites. This update outlines recent progress in the implementation of these measures and next steps.
What you need to do to set up your MOT test station, including applying for MOT status and authorised examiner status, MOT special notices
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