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- Amusement permit (Northern Ireland)
- Apply for a child performance licence
- Approval for a centre to offer qualifications (Scotland)
- Art therapist registration
- Cattle movement notification (Wales)
- Check if an animal medicine is licensed
- Check if an online animal medicine retailer is accredited
- Electronic licence to report pig movements
- Food premises approval (England)
- Food premises approval (Northern Ireland)
- Food premises approval (Scotland)
- Food premises approval (Wales)
- House in multiple occupation licence
- House in multiple occupation licence (Scotland)
- House to house charitable collections licence (Northern Ireland)
- House to house collection licence (England and Wales)
- Licence finder
- Licence to possess or sell drug precursor chemicals
- Machine Games Duty
- Register a house in multiple occupation (Northern Ireland)
- Register or renew as a waste carrier, broker or dealer
- Road occupation licence (Scotland)
- Road occupation licence for building work (England and Wales)
- Scrap metal dealer licence (England and Wales)
- Skip licence (England and Wales)
- Skip licence (Scotland)
- Slaughterman licence (Northern Ireland)
- Street collection licence (England & Wales)
- Street trading licence (England and Wales)
- Temporary Events Notice (England and Wales)
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Setting up
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Business tax
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 leases, renting, planning permission, waste and appeals
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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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Farming business
Health and safety, registering and licensing animals, compliance tools, rights and pay
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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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Waste and environmental impact
Includes waste management plans, hazardous waste and preventing pollution
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Scientific research and development
Includes funding and support scheme guidance
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Generating energy
Funding, regulations and guidance for energy providers and operators
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Maritime vessels and work at sea
Includes health and safety onboard, crew, registering vessels
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