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You must register as an overseas company in the UK to do business legally - find out about what you need to do
Get company information including registered address, previous company names, directors' details, accounts, annual returns and company reports, if it's been dissolved
Find out if your business needs to publish a tax strategy, what it should include and when to publish it.
How to access public data from the Companies House register using our data products.
This is a RPC short guidance note on issues around defining a ‘business’.
Find out about being 'active', trading and non-trading, and being dormant if you’re a new or existing company or organisation.
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.
Guidance for UK companies on winning business from international aid and development projects.
Business plans - download free templates and get help writing a business plan
Find out if a business has registered with HMRC under the money laundering regulations and report them if they have not.
Using our Find and update company information service to follow companies and search company information for free.
This collection brings together all documents relating to business population estimates.
What the public register is, what details you need to give us, and how the public can access this information.
A new pathway supporting innovative approaches to the safe, timely and efficient development of medicines to improve patient access.
The Business List contains three separate sub-lists: business financial services regulatory and pensions business. Business We deal with a wide range business disputes, often with an international dimension. Frequently these concern a business structure (company, LLP, LP, partnership etc) including:...
How to use a risk-based approach to carry out compulsory risk assessments of your business.
This series brings together the most up to date DCMS sector business demographics (number and characteristics of businesses) datasets.
What you need to do to start a business: choose a legal structure, see if you need licences and insurance, learn about reliefs and benefits
This series brings together all documents relating to Mid-sized businesses
How African businesses can get tailored support to find trade and investment partners in the UK.
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