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Learn more about money laundering regulations and your responsibilities including the fit and proper test and approval process and report suspicious activity.
Learn more about your responsibilities if you're running a small business including registration, tax returns, record keeping, tax bills and payments.
Documents, certificate, letters, and notes available from the British embassy and consulates in the USA.
The government department outlines new ambitions for supporting UK business with the publication of its new business plan.
How to protect your company from scams and fraud and how to report it.
Records you must keep if you’re liable for Cider Duty.
You usually need a licence from PPL PRS to play live or recorded music in public - includes playing background music at your business, and staging live music or theatre productions.
Using our Find and update company information service to follow companies and search company information for free.
Food business operators bound by the Compulsory Beef Labelling Scheme must keep traceability records to show the origin of their meat.
Steps to help grow your business - finding finance, mentors, increasing sales and developing products and services
The responsibility for your company’s money lies with you, the director.
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
Accounts for Companies House and Company Tax Returns for HMRC - what you must send, deadlines, filing separately or together
How to apply for the different simplified declarations for exports and what you need for authorisation to use them.
What you need to know about and do to comply with the law and keep consumers safe.
How to declare goods you bring into Northern Ireland 'not at risk’ of moving to the EU using the UK Trader Scheme.
How to carry out checks on your business and customers, and what records you must keep to prevent money laundering.
How to remove information that should never have been delivered to Companies House.
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