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What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work
Set up and run a business partnership - naming a partnership, registering with HMRC, partnership tax returns and legal responsibilities
How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.
How to line up your reporting dates for accounts and Company Tax Returns at the end of your limited company's first year
How to register a new charge at Companies House, or tell us about any you've paid off.
How to register as a producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market bottled drinking water.
Prepare statutory or abridged annual accounts for Companies House, make corrections and amendments, appeal against penalties for filing after the deadline
This playbook explains how we use social media at GDS. In it, we share our best practice, what we've learned and what we're planning to do.
Object to a company's application to be removed from the companies register - how to find out if a company's applied for insolvency, who can object, how to object, what happens next.
Explains your responsibilities, including choosing a name, having a registered address, appointing designated members and registering with Companies House.
Complain about or report company for breaking the law or committing fraud, running scams, or selling faulty products of services
Find out if you’re a trust or company service provider who needs to register for supervision with HMRC under the money laundering regulations.
Includes self-employment and starting a business
This guidance outlines the UK government’s mission and vision for the UK International Development logo, and how to use it on ODA-funded programmes.
Use this form to make a statement of the company's affairs.
How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
How to make a complaint to the UK National Contact Point (UK NCP) if you think the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) guidelines have not been met.
As a landlord, find out if the leaseholders in your block have the right to take over management of your building, and the process they must go through to do this
What the confirmation statement is and how to send your statement to Companies House.
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