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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
Steps to help grow your business - finding finance, mentors, increasing sales and developing products and services
Once your business is established and you’re making a profit on the…
Growing your business, whether through increased sales or improved…
How you go about increasing sales depends on your circumstances and how…
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Find out about group and divisional VAT registration and the forms you should use to apply.
You must register as an overseas company in the UK to do business legally - find out about what you need to do
If your company wishes to use a venture capital scheme to encourage investment, it must meet the permanent establishment condition.
Start a business to help people or communities - business structures including community interest companies and co-operatives
Explains your responsibilities, including choosing a name, having a registered address, appointing partners and registering with Companies House.
Information and guidance on Business Improvement Districts.
Set up and run a business partnership - naming a partnership, registering with HMRC, partnership tax returns and legal responsibilities
Find out how to determine the place of supply of your services and how to deal with supplies of services which you receive from outside the UK.
Find out about changes to the Business Investment Relief rules from 6 April 2017.
Find out whether you're established in the UK for customs purposes.
How companies can help developing countries through the development and uptake of inclusive business models.
Steps to take if you want to provide a service or set up a business in the UK.
Incorporate a private limited company - register it with Companies House and rules on directors, shares, articles of association and telling HMRC about the company
Includes self-employment and starting a business
Guidance for UK companies on winning business from international aid and development projects.
Toolkit of resources associated with the 10 steps taken by effective local partnerships.
A series of publications relating to the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act.
Who can set up employee ownership, employee shares and engagement, employee directors, model documentation
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