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Incorporate a private limited company - register it with Companies House and rules on directors, shares, articles of association and telling HMRC about the company
A limited company is a company ‘limited by shares’ or ‘limited by…
You must choose a name for your business if you’re setting up a private…
You must provide a registered office address and email address when you…
Your company must have at least one director. Directors are legally…
Most limited companies are ‘limited by shares’. This means they’re owned…
When you register your company you need: a ‘memorandum of association’ - a…
Use this service to register your company with Companies House. You will…
Most companies register for Corporation Tax and PAYE as an employer at the…
When you can share information about your case, what you can share and what to do if someone else shares information.
Find out about buying a home through shared ownership. Read about who can apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares and repairing and selling your home.
You can buy a home through the shared ownership scheme if you cannot…
You can buy a home through shared ownership if both of the following are…
You’ll need to plan for all the costs when buying a home. When you’ve…
For a shared ownership home, you need to pay rent to your landlord for the…
There are 4 steps to apply for a shared ownership home. 1. Check if you…
There are several places where you can search for shared ownership homes…
You will need to pay for repairs and maintenance no matter what share you…
You can buy more shares in your home after you become the owner. This is…
You can sell your shared ownership home at any time. If you own 100% of…
You can normally rent out (sublet) a room in the home, but you must live…
You can get free advice about how to buy a shared ownership home or…
Practical steps to manage the risk of online harm if your online platform allows people to interact, and to share text and other content.
Find out how to value stocks and shares of someone who has died. How you value them depends on whether they are 'listed' or 'unlisted'.
Buy your rented home through the Right to Shared Ownership scheme: who can apply, how to apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares, repairing and selling your home.
Making changes to your company - passing resolutions, changing addesses and where your records are kept, your company name and type, directors' and secretaries' details, share structure, constitution
Avoid duplicating effort and unnecessary costs by collaborating across government and sharing and reusing technology, data, and services.
Find out about clearance applications and how to apply to HMRC for advance confirmation of an exempt distribution when a company purchases its own shares.
Tax advantages on employee share schemes including Share Incentive Plans, Save As You Earn, Company Share Option Plans and Enterprise Management Incentives
Using metadata to make it easier to catalogue, validate, reuse and share your data.
How and when you'll pay Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (SDRT) or Stamp Duty when you buy shares electronically or using a stock transfer form
A tenancy agreement is a contract between you and a landlord - ending a tenancy, changing a tenancy, tenancy types and assured shorthold tenancies
How to work out the benefit charge for company vans available for private use.
Guidance for defence personnel on the use of social media
Practical steps to manage the risk of online harms if your online platform makes users’ account details and activity visible to others.
Check if you're a joint tenant or tenants in common. Change from joint tenants to tenants in common, or tenants in common to joint tenants
Non-military housing options and advice available to serving personnel who are not seeking or due to leave service
Buy or get someone's permission to use a patent, trade mark, design or work under copyright
Investors and businesses may be legally required to tell the government about certain sensitive acquisitions under the National Security and Investment Act.
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