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Running a limited company - including directors' responsibilities, company annual returns, reporting company changes and how to take money out of a limited company
As a director of a limited company, you must: follow the company’s rules,…
How you take money out of the company depends on what it’s for and how…
You must report certain changes to Companies House. Changing your…
You must keep: records about the company itself financial and accounting…
You need to check that the information Companies House has about your…
Signs You must display a sign showing your company name at your registered…
As company director, you take on many legal requirements and duties. You must know what they are and when you need to complete them.
Understanding your role as director of a limited company and your responsibilities to Companies House.
Guidance for reservists and their employers about what happens before, during and after mobilisation, applying to delay or cancel mobilisation, getting financial assistance, reservists' rights during redundancy
Find out the basic rules of VAT, how they apply to clubs and associations, and how to treat VAT on subscriptions and other payments.
How to carry out checks on your business and customers, and what records you must keep to prevent money laundering.
Who has parental responsibility for looking after children, and how to apply for parental responsibility if you were unmarried to the mother or are not on the birth certificate
If the UKCA marking applies to products you manufacture or supply, you will have specific obligations and responsibilities for compliance, depending on your role.
Your responsibilities as a public body when carrying out or approving works on or near sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs).
Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers
Check if you’re the deemed employer and what your responsibilities are if the off-payroll working rules (IR35) apply.
As a tenant renting out a commercial property, you have certain responsibilities including maintenance, health and safety, and making provisions for your staff and visitors
The duties and competence requirements for building regulations that clients, designers and contractors must meet.
The food safety and hygiene regulations you must follow - the law, regulations
Employers' responsibilities for diversity monitoring: gender, ethnicity, sexuality and disability balance in the workplace - including data protection
This document lists government ministers and their responsibilities.
Home Responsibilities Protection ran between 1978 and 2010 to help protect your State Pension - National Insurance credits, what you'll get, eligibility and applying.
Use the online form service or postal form CF411 to apply for National Insurance Home Responsibilities Protection.
Find out about checks you need to carry out before accepting goods into your excise warehouse and your obligations when receiving cash payments for duty-suspended sales of alcohol products.
Obligated packaging producers must register and meet their waste packaging recycling responsibilities.
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