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This is the official one-stop shop for businesses on child online safety.
Practical steps to manage the risk of online harm if your online platform allows people to interact, and to share text and other content.
How to apply to provide digital technologies under the Help to Grow: Digital scheme if you're a software vendor.
Your chances of obtaining a useful patent are significantly greater if you use an attorney. A patent specification is a legal document and requires specialist skills to draft properly.
Find out how to work out what VAT to charge when goods are sold if you’re an online marketplace operator.
Set up and run a business partnership - naming a partnership, registering with HMRC, partnership tax returns and legal responsibilities
Records and paperwork you must keep if you're self-employed as a sole trader or partner in a business: income, costs, profit, how long to keep records.
Find out if simplified expenses suits your business. Compare what expenses you can claim using simplified expenses with what you can claim by working out the actual costs.
Rules for online and distance selling for businesses
How to protect your company from scams and fraud and how to report it.
Get business support and advice over the phone and online - setting up and running a business.
How to find export opportunities and overseas customers for your business on great.gov.uk: get help selling online overseas, get help from a trade specialist.
How online marketplaces will deal with VAT for goods from overseas that are sold to customers in the UK.
You must register as an overseas company in the UK to do business legally - find out about what you need to do
How sellers deal with VAT for goods from overseas that they sell direct to customers in the UK.
Business plans - download free templates and get help writing a business plan
Find out what the PAYE for Agents online service is for, what you can do in the service and how to do it.
Protecting your trade marks, patents, designs and copyright abroad.
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