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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Guidance for using automated grading techniques for beef carcase classification
Compulsory and voluntary liquidation, the liquidation process, how liquidation affects company directors and the role of a liquidator
You can choose to liquidate your limited company (also called ‘winding up’…
A director can propose a company stops trading and be liquidated (‘wound…
A director can ask a court to order the company to stop trading and be…
You may choose members’ voluntary liquidation if your company is ‘solvent’…
The liquidator is an authorised insolvency practitioner or official…
When a liquidator is appointed, directors: no longer have control of the…
Your company’s bank account will be frozen when someone files a petition…
An overview of the process for registering and operating local bus services in England and Wales
Tell HMRC if you stop employing people, cancel your PAYE scheme, report a temporary gap in paying staff
Responding to suspected breaches of planning control.
How to close down your limited company by getting it struck off the Companies Register
What private maritime security companies (PMSCs) with a trade control licence must do when their circumstances change like leaving the sector or merging.
How qualifying recognised overseas pension schemes (QROPS) can lose their QROPS status and what former QROPS need to report.
Strikes and industrial action - rights and responsibilities for employers, when unions can take action and the effect on employees' pay and working records
You have the right to stop industrial action if it's unlawful and you're not someone representing a company
Using Compromise Agreements if your employee stops working for you and has a potential claim against you for statutory pay as wages or salary.
Search for details of companies involved in insolvency proceedings, liquidation, frozen assets
Counter pollution and salvage Scientific, Technical and Operational (STOp) advice notes
How to claim a refund in the current tax year if you are not getting taxable benefits or a pension from your employer and you've not started a new job (P50).
Special Bulletin concerning the failure of the auto throttle on a Boeing 737-8K5 (G-FDZS), on takeoff from Bristol Airport on 4 March 2024
Guidance on the planning for mineral extraction in plan making and the application process.
Tell HMRC if you've stopped being self-employed, or you're ending or leaving a business partnership - responsibilities, tax returns, letting any employees know.
Business Asset Disposal Relief (was known as Entrepreneurs' Relief) can reduce your Capital Gains Tax (CGT) when you sell certain business assets or shares - eligibility, deadlines, how to claim
Information about becoming a goods vehicle operator, getting a goods vehicle licence and complying with regulations
The rules for employment agencies and businesses: licences, vulnerable people, opting out, job advertisements, transfer fees, trade unions, terms and conditions and contracts, travel and accommodation for work-seekers
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