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Search reports on business payment practices: when invoices are paid, payment terms and practices
We deal with complaints about cases where a company name is registered for the primary purpose of preventing someone else with legitimate interest from registering it, or demanding payment from them to release it. Company Names Tribunal works with the...
A company that enters formal insolvency will in many cases have outstanding debts.
Find out how to value company benefits for your employees.
How we help users who need assistance because of a disability or health condition.
Find out if you’re a trust or company service provider who needs to register for supervision with HMRC under the money laundering regulations.
Detail on industrial partnerships, the sectors covered and their remit.
You must register as an overseas company in the UK to do business legally - find out about what you need to do
When you can be disqualified from being a director of a company - how the process works, investigations, what happens if you're banned
How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.
Your responsibilities as a company director after your company has been liquidated - helping the official receiver, settling debts, what you can and cannot do.
Accounts for Companies House and Company Tax Returns for HMRC - what you must send, deadlines, filing separately or together
Information to help you identify if your organisation needs to publish a modern slavery statement.
How to get scientific advice about your licence application from MHRA, including: submitting a request, your meeting with MHRA, fees.
List of medical repatriation companies for British nationals who are seriously ill or injured abroad and need medical evacuation to the UK.
How to prepare a Company Tax Return for your limited company or unincorporated association - deadlines, corrections and penalties
What happens if your company cannot pay its debts and is given a court judgment, statutory demand or winding-up order by your creditors
Find out about being 'active', trading and non-trading, and being dormant if you’re a new or existing company or organisation.
Find out about clearance applications and how to apply to HMRC for advance confirmation of an exempt distribution when a company purchases its own shares.
The Company Names Tribunal practice direction provides the framework for the management of proceedings brought before the Tribunal.
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