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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Search for details of companies involved in insolvency proceedings, liquidation, frozen assets
How to put your limited company or limited liability partnership into administration - what administration is, appointing an administrator, when administration ends
Find out about paying Corporation Tax, instead of Income Tax, if you’re a non-UK resident company with UK property income.
Prepare statutory or abridged annual accounts for Companies House, make corrections and amendments, appeal against penalties for filing after the deadline
How to object and challenge someone else's trade mark and details of any legal costs involved.
How to identify and report harmful trade practices that affect your business when exporting, importing or operating domestically.
How to apply for a discretionary grant where the dissolved company can be restored. (Company has been dissolved for less than six years)
Renew a trade mark, including late renewals and restoring a trade mark
What the public register is, what details you need to give us, and how the public can access this information.
How to get plant breeders' rights and what protection it gives your plant varieties.
How to close a limited company - strike off, dissolution, voluntary liquidation - or allow to become dormant
Understanding your role as director of a limited company and your responsibilities to Companies House.
Your responsibilities as a company director after your company has been liquidated - helping the official receiver, settling debts, what you can and cannot do.
How to manage your annual accounts, Company Tax Returns and Corporation Tax if your non-trading or dormant limited company starts trading again.
Finding the right advice and advisor is the first step in making the best decisions for your invention or business.
How to apply for a discretionary grant of bona vacantia where the dissolved company cannot be restored.
Using our Find and update company information service to follow companies and search company information for free.
How to line up your reporting dates for accounts and Company Tax Returns at the end of your limited company's first year
The Company Names Tribunal practice direction provides the framework for the management of proceedings brought before the Tribunal.
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