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Setting up
Includes self-employment and starting a business
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Business tax and VAT
Includes Corporation Tax, Capital Gains Tax, Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) and VAT
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Business finance and support
Finding finance, business support, writing a business plan
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Running a limited company
Includes registering, setting up, company accounts and tax returns
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Expenses and employee benefits
Includes company cars and paying tax on employee benefits
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Business debt and bankruptcy
Includes bankruptcy, insolvency and recovering debt
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Business premises and business rates
Includes business rates, leases, renting, planning permission, waste, and energy certificates
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Food, catering and retail
Labelling and handling food, transporting, food safety
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Importing
Includes moving goods in the EU and commodity codes
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Exporting and doing business abroad
Includes moving goods in the EU and commodity codes
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Licences and licence applications
Applying for licences for events and businesses
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Selling your business and closing down
Stopping self-employment, winding up or liquidating a limited company
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Sale of goods and services and data protection
Includes regulations for online retailers, offering credit and Trading Standards
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Childcare providers
Includes registering as a childcare provider
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Manufacturing
Managing waste, health and safety, regulations
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Patents, trade marks, copyright and designs
Includes registering, protecting and applying for designs and patents
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Business waste and environmental impact
Includes registering as a waste carrier, classifying waste, hazardous waste
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Scientific research and development
Includes funding and support scheme guidance
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Maritime vessels and work at sea
Includes health and safety onboard, crew, registering vessels