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Find out how to register a birth - who can register, birth certificates
Search the Individual Insolvency Register for details about bankruptcy orders, Debt Relief Orders, Individual Voluntary Arrangements, and restrictions orders and undertakings
Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
Contact information for the General Register Office
Find registered designs in the UK
Protect your brand by registering it as a trade mark - how to apply, fees, responding to objections to your trade mark, using the ® symbol
Find out if, and how, you need to register with HMRC when you start employing people.
Contact your local council's Electoral Registration Office if you have a question about registering to vote
…We register the ownership of land and property in England and Wales.
Find out how much State Pension you could get (your forecast), when you could get it and how you could increase it
Use this service to apply to strike off a company from the Companies House register. It costs £33 to apply online, or £44 for a paper application.
Order an official birth, adoption, death, marriage or civil partnership certificate from the General Register Office (GRO) if you need a copy or want to research your family tree.
Register or renew registration with the Environment Agency to transport, buy, sell or broker waste.
How to close down your limited company by getting it struck off the Companies Register
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.…
Find out how to register a death in the UK or abroad
Check if you need to register a trailer to take it abroad, create an account to register your trailer, manage details of registered trailers.
…We register and regulate charities in England and Wales, to ensure that the public can support charities with confidence.
Use the AP1 form to change the register for a property including changing your name.
Find out how much rent can be charged for a registered regulated tenancy property.…
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