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How to apply for a discretionary grant of bona vacantia where the dissolved company cannot be restored.
Find out about being 'active', trading and non-trading, and being dormant if you’re a new or existing company or organisation.
The recipients of this year's King's Awards for Enterprise announced
Restore a company to the Company Register - administrative restoration, deadlines, fees and forms
Find out about group and divisional VAT registration and the forms you should use to apply.
What happens if your company cannot pay its debts and is given a court judgment, statutory demand or winding-up order by your creditors
How to get scientific advice about your licence application from MHRA, including: submitting a request, your meeting with MHRA, fees.
An alternative to liquidation - reschedule payment to creditors to recover from insolvency
How to register an overseas entity and its beneficial owners or managing officers, so it can buy, sell or transfer property or land in the UK.
What to do if you're visiting the UK on business - check if you’re eligible, if you need a visa, what visa to apply for, and what to do before you visit.
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...
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:...
How to close down your limited company by getting it struck off the Companies Register
How to order certified copies of certificates and documents held on the Companies House register.
VAT, duty and customs declarations for goods received by post or courier - paying, collecting your goods, getting a refund and documents.
Find out if your business needs to publish a tax strategy, what it should include and when to publish it.
Sources of training and support for school business professionals in schools, trusts and other organisations.
Steps to help grow your business - finding finance, mentors, increasing sales and developing products and services
How to protect your company from scams and fraud and how to report it.
How to put your limited company or limited liability partnership into administration - what administration is, appointing an administrator, when administration ends
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