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How to close a limited company - strike off, dissolution, voluntary liquidation - or allow to become dormant
Search for details of companies involved in insolvency proceedings, liquidation, frozen assets
What happens if your company cannot pay its debts and is given a court judgment, statutory demand or winding-up order by your creditors
Object to a company's application to be removed from the companies register - how to find out if a company's applied for insolvency, who can object, how to object, what happens next.
How to close down your limited company by getting it struck off the Companies Register
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
If your limited company is struggling, it may be possible to go into administration.
Rules on restraining methods, stunning pens, captive bolt, gas and electrical stunning equipment, bleeding animals and shackling and hoisting animals.
When a business changes owner, employees could be protected under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) regulations (TUPE) - types of transfers, your rights, contracts, redundancy, where to get help
How to close a charity, and what to tell the Charity Commission when you have closed the charity.
Guidance and support on coronavirus (COVID-19) in Scotland.
What you need to do or know if your company is sold, stops trading or is being wound up for Corporation Tax purposes.
School closures happen because of an emergency like severe weather - check whether your child's school is closed on your local council website.
An overview of the government's approach to managing local coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreaks.
How charities can improve their impact on the environment and be energy efficient.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's speech at the Society of Editors 25th Anniversary Conference in London.
Leasehold property - leasehold disputes, buying the freehold, service charges, lease extensions and Right to Manage
Tell Companies House about a court order for the early dissolution of a company registered in Scotland, in a winding up by the court.
How the Thames Barrier works, and when it is scheduled to close.
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