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HMT management information about the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS), Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS), Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS) and Future Fund Scheme.
Requirements for excise goods held in duty suspension in a warehouse by an authorised warehousekeeper, registered owner, duty representative or registered consignor in the UK.
This guidance is intended to support billing authorities in administering the 2024/25 Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Rates Relief Scheme.
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.
Get company information including registered address, previous company names, directors' details, accounts, annual returns and company reports, if it's been dissolved
The rules for employment agencies and businesses: licences, vulnerable people, opting out, job advertisements, transfer fees, trade unions, terms and conditions and contracts, travel and accommodation for work-seekers
Hear first-hand experiences of the challenges and advantages of owning your own business, with advice on how to get started.
Resources for businesses.
Information and guidance on Business Improvement Districts.
Learn about the services we offer to businesses that enable you to check SIA licences, submit licence applications and pay the licence application fee.
A report on growing micro businesses by Lord Young, the Prime Minister's advisor on enterprise.
Use a simpler calculation to work out income tax for your vehicle, home and business premises expenses
How to protect your employment business, and the workers you supply, from non-compliant businesses in your supply chain.
Business customers can apply to access our electronic services through the portal or Business Gateway.
You must register as an overseas company in the UK to do business legally - find out about what you need to do
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak makes a speech at the Business Connect conference.
Help and guidance for limited company directors.
Find out if simplified expenses suits your business. Compare what expenses you can claim using simplified expenses with what you can claim by working out the actual costs.
Asks whether entrepreneurs aspire to grow and if so on which dimensions of the business
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