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Register as a sole trader with HM Revenue and Customs - your legal responsibilities if you run a business as a self-employed sole trader.
What you must do when you sell your company, partnership or sole trader business
Check what you need to do if you own a UK legal services business and are a lawyer with qualifications from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein.
Guidance about compensation to owners and occupiers of business premises once a compulsory purchase order comes into force.
The next generation of business leaders have received over £100 million worth of support from the Government backed Start Up Loan Scheme
What you need to do if you set up as a sole trader - check your employment status, understand your obligations, and register for tax.
Register as an owner of duty suspended goods held in an excise warehouse or as a Freeport owner of excise goods held in a Freeport excise warehouse.
Set up and run a business partnership - naming a partnership, registering with HMRC, partnership tax returns and legal responsibilities
Find out if you can register for VAT under the VAT registration scheme for racehorse owners.
How to register an overseas entity and its beneficial owners or managing officers, so it can buy, sell or transfer property or land in the UK.
This research shows how the dispositions of business owners shape how they think about and run their businesses.
Apply to come to the UK as a representative of a news agency, newspaper or news agency and you’re from outside the EEA and Switzerland - eligibility, fees, documents, how to apply, extend and switch.
Our use of data from the Companies House business owner survey.
When and how to account for VAT when you transfer a business as a going concern (TOGC).
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 approval to own duty-suspended goods in an excise warehouse and find out how to change registration details or ownership.
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