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Find out how venture capital schemes work, who can apply and what tax reliefs are available for your investors.
Find out about making investments for someone who does not have mental capacity.
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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Check the rules on ISA subscriptions and what counts towards the subscription limit if you're an ISA manager.
Making someone bankrupt is one way to recover money owed to you – bankruptcy petition fees and download a guide to creditor bankruptcy petitions
Find out if you’re a money service business and need to register with HMRC under the money laundering regulations.
Find out how the scheme works, including issuing shares and raising money, and how to submit your compliance statement.
How to use a risk-based approach to carry out compulsory risk assessments of your business.
How to carry out checks on your business and customers, and what records you must keep to prevent money laundering.
Find out if your social enterprise meets the conditions of the social investment tax relief (SITR) scheme for investments made on or before 5 April 2023.
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
Debts you owe (for example court fines, rent or Council Tax) can be deducted from your benefits – sometimes called third party deductions or Fuel Direct
Find out what information you must send with a transfer of funds if you’re a payment service provider.
Find out how to raise money for research, development or innovation using the Enterprise Investment Scheme or a Venture Capital Trust.
Workplace pensions and automatic enrolment - how you're affected, how pensions are protected, what happens if you move job or go on maternity leave and how to opt out
Find out how the scheme works, including issuing shares and raising money and how to submit a compliance statement.
What to do if you receive a county court judgment (CCJ) - how to get it set aside or change what you pay, what happens if you do not pay, how to search the register. Includes information from the withdrawn...
Work out how much money you'll get when you retire and plan ahead - State Pension, Pension Credit, National Insurance
Types of ISA available, the tax-free ISA allowance, withdrawing money and transferring ISAs
Acting as an attorney - duties, including registering a lasting power, starting to act, gifting, handling disputes and replacement attorney responsibilities.
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