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This guide covers the process to restore a company name to the Register of Companies.
We incorporate and dissolve limited companies. We register company information and make it available to the public. Companies House is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Business and Trade .
What to do if you think you've spotted a scam pretending to be from Companies House, and examples of scam emails, letters and telephone calls.
You must register as an overseas company in the UK to do business legally - find out about what you need to do
Compulsory and voluntary liquidation, the liquidation process, how liquidation affects company directors and the role of a liquidator
How companies and other concerns including partnerships, pension schemes and trusts, can claim Double Taxation Relief. Types of income covered by double taxation treaties.
Find out which country’s VAT rules to use when supplying services abroad.
Using our Find and update company information service to follow companies and search company information for free.
Find out what you need to do if you’re a contractor or subcontractor based outside the UK and do work covered by the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS).
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:...
Restore a company to the Company Register - administrative restoration, deadlines, fees and forms
How to get scientific advice about your licence application from MHRA, including: submitting a request, your meeting with MHRA, fees.
How to buy or acquire the assets of a dissolved company - how and when you can claim money or property, who to contact and the forms you need
Use this form to notify Companies House of a Single Alternative Inspection Location (SAIL) where company records will be held.
Find out about group and divisional VAT registration and the forms you should use to apply.
A new pathway supporting innovative approaches to the safe, timely and efficient development of medicines to improve patient access.
Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on who can be a Marketing Authorisation Holder, named distributor or local representative and how to make changes to these.
How to register your medical devices with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for the markets in Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Check if someone is disqualified from being a company director, when their disqualification starts and ends, why they were disqualified
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