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Loans and mentoring for people looking to start or grow a business in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Toolkit of resources associated with the 10 steps taken by effective local partnerships.
Cashflow is an indicator of your company’s health.
Find out about being 'active', trading and non-trading, and being dormant if you’re a new or existing company or organisation.
Find out what to do if you've just registered a limited company - rules to follow, financial support and what to register for.
Apply to get an EORI number to move goods between Great Britain, Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man, and other countries.
How to set up a public service mutual and 'spin out' of a public service organisation.
Business expenses you can claim if you're self-employed
Explains your responsibilities, including choosing a name, having a registered address, appointing partners and registering with Companies House.
Find out about changes to the Business Investment Relief rules from 6 April 2017.
Find news, information and advice from the government on starting or growing your business.
4-day workshop on starting and running a successful business available in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Greater Lincolnshire.
This research sought to understand the experiences of customers who had started their own businesses.
Learn more about your responsibilities if you're running a small business including registration, tax returns, record keeping, tax bills and payments.
What a New Enterprise Allowance mentor does, how to become one and details of the organisations that match new businesses with a mentor.
You must register with your local authority to run a food business.
Apply for a Start-up visa if you've been endorsed for a business idea: eligibility, documents, switch to this visa, bring your family.
A report on growing micro businesses by Lord Young, the Prime Minister's advisor on enterprise.
Guidance for UK companies on winning business from international aid and development projects.
Find out how to register with Ofsted as a nursery or other daycare, and what you will need to tell us about.
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