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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…
One way of finding new customers for your products and services is by…
If you’re looking to grow your business by improving your products and…
If you’re planning to develop new products and services, you should test…
As your business expands, you’ll need more capacity to produce or provide…
Business mentors can help you develop your ideas for growth by sharing…
How to work out the customs value if transactions are between branch offices or include inter-company transfers and accounting if you're an importer or clearing agent.
How to sell a home: Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), using estate agents, finding a legal professional, getting offers, transferring ownership and making complaints.
Selling a home takes about 5 months on average. The process can take…
If you have a mortgage on the property you’re selling, you’ll need to move…
An Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) tells you how energy efficient a…
You can sell your home yourself or use an online, high street or hybrid…
A legal professional can handle the legal work involved in transferring…
Choosing a buyer Buyers can make offers verbally (over the phone or in…
After you’ve accepted an offer, you’re responsible for drawing up a legal…
You can contact a legal professional if you need help selling a property…
You can make a complaint to a company involved in the sale if you’re…
Stopping self-employment, winding up or liquidating a limited company
How to use Method 1 to work out the customs value of your imported goods if you're an importer or clearing agent.
Tax and reporting rules for assets bought, sold or given
When and how to account for VAT when you transfer a business as a going concern (TOGC).
What you must do when you sell your company, partnership or sole trader business
Doorstep selling, regulations, written notice of the right to cancel, exemptions, penalties
Find out how to use a margin scheme to account for VAT if you buy or sell second-hand vehicles (VAT Notice 718/1).
Selling or giving away an asset you claimed capital allowances on - balancing charges, balancing allowances, closing your business, how to claim and pay tax on your tax return
What makes you self-employed, what counts as trading and what to do, including registering for Self Assessment.
What you need to do or know if your company is sold, stops trading or is being wound up for Corporation Tax purposes.
Working out and paying Capital Gains Tax (CGT) if you sell shares, claiming tax relief
When charities can trade, tax rules and when to trade through a separate company.
What you need to do to comply with regulations on manufactured products you place on the market in Great Britain.
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