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When a business changes owner, employees could be protected under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) regulations (TUPE) - types of transfers, your rights, contracts, redundancy, where to get help
Check what you need to do if you own a UK legal services business and are a lawyer with qualifications from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein.
Who can set up employee ownership, employee shares and engagement, employee directors, model documentation
Steps to help grow your business - finding finance, mentors, increasing sales and developing products and services
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
Register as an owner of duty suspended goods held in an excise warehouse or as a Freeport owner of excise goods held in a Freeport excise warehouse.
Find out if you’re a trust or company service provider who needs to register for supervision with HMRC under the money laundering regulations.
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
Even the best-run business can face unexpected challenges and solvency issues. It's important you recognise the signs and understand your duties as a director.
Set up and run a business partnership - naming a partnership, registering with HMRC, partnership tax returns and legal responsibilities
Find out about risks of excise duty evasion and other commercial risks if you're an excise warehousekeeper, registered owner, duty representative or registered consignor.
Intellectual property can be bought, sold or licensed.
Running a limited company - including directors' responsibilities, company annual returns, reporting company changes and how to take money out of a limited company
Find out who can be authorised to store, process or produce excise goods in a UK Freeport customs site and how to apply to do so.
Find out what an HMRC officer will do when they visit your business and what records they’ll ask to see.
Find out about paying Corporation Tax, instead of Income Tax, if you’re a non-UK resident company with UK property income.
Apply for approval to own duty-suspended goods in an excise warehouse and find out how to change registration details or ownership.
Find out if your business needs to publish a tax strategy, what it should include and when to publish it.
Defines unincorporated and incorporated businesses.
This guidance is intended to support billing authorities in administering the 2024/25 Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Rates Relief Scheme.
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