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Steps to help grow your business - finding finance, mentors, increasing sales and developing products and services
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Rules for online and distance selling for businesses
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Practical advice, information and useful links for UK businesses looking to access the US market by selling online.
What you need to do now that the eCommerce Directive no longer applies to the UK.
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Guidance to help businesses and organisations improve online security and protect against cyber threats.
Find out if you’re a money service business and need to register with HMRC under the money laundering regulations.
Findings from interviews with 60 retailers on how they compete online.
Find out how to work out what VAT to charge when goods are sold if you’re an online marketplace operator.
How online marketplaces will deal with VAT for goods from overseas that are sold to customers in the UK.
How to send your information to Companies House using our online services.
How to find export opportunities and overseas customers for your business on great.gov.uk: get help selling online overseas, get help from a trade specialist.
How to apply to provide digital technologies under the Help to Grow: Digital scheme if you're a software vendor.
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
Your company's financial year can run for more or less than 12 months - find out how to change it
An initiative for companies committed to integrating 10 corporate responsibility principles in their business operations and strategies.
How to protect your company from scams and fraud and how to report it.
Find out if you need to pay VAT when you sell goods to customers in the UK using an online marketplace.
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