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Employ someone: agree a contract, right to work checks, DBS checks, workplace pensions, set up PAYE, tell HMRC
How to apply for a basic DBS check to get a copy of your criminal record, and what you must provide. It costs £18.
Guidance on basic DBS checks including how to apply, the cost and what information is disclosed on a basic certificate.
Ask your local police to give you a copy of the information they hold about you - CRB check, DBS check, proof of identity
Appeal a mistake on a criminal record check certificate or appeal a decision on DBS's list of people who are barred from certain roles
Find what you or your business may need before you hire someone to act directly or indirectly on your behalf.
You must check that a tenant or lodger can legally rent your residential property in England.
How to check if your criminal record will affect your licence application, and the information you need to provide for our criminality checks.
Find out if a potential employee's document gives them the right to work in the UK and which documents employers should check.
Search the Individual Insolvency Register for details about bankruptcy orders, Debt Relief Orders, Individual Voluntary Arrangements, and restrictions orders and undertakings
Find out if someone can rent your private residential property in England.
Apply to search the Office of the Public Guardian registers to see if they have a Lasting Power of Attorney, deputy or guardian acting on their behalf
How to get a criminal records check if you want to look after children for a living: who needs a check, what it costs and how long it takes.
Advice for employers carrying out right to work checks during the coronavirus pandemic.
Find out what level of Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check you can get for an employee you’re recruiting. Formerly a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check.
Find out if you need to apply for an approval check, how to apply and how HMRC will carry out the checks as part of the business registration process.
How to carry out checks on your business and customers, and what records you must keep to prevent money laundering.
A wholesale dealer in Great Britain may import Qualified Person certified medicines from the European Economic Area if certain checks are made by the ‘Responsible Person (import)’
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