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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Get help at work, including an Access to Work grant, if you have a disability or health condition - eligibility, how to apply.
File your Company Tax Return with HMRC, and your company accounts with Companies House
Use this service to apply to strike off a company from the Companies House register. It costs £33 to apply online, or £44 for a paper application.
What to do before you apply, and how to apply for a licence yourself or through your employer.
Use this service to send your lease and rent details to the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) if you've been contacted by them
As an employer, if you provide company cars or fuel for your employees' private use, you'll need to work out the taxable value so you can report this to HMRC
Incorporate a private limited company - register it with Companies House and rules on directors, shares, articles of association and telling HMRC about the company
Guidance on how to register, manage and enforce a trade mark. A trade mark protects your brand, for example the name of your product or service.
Check a business's EORI number, used to import and export goods from the UK
Use Contracts Finder to find out about current contract opportunities with the government and its agencies.
Understand the letters and numbers in your employee's tax codes, know when to update someone's tax code
Calculate an employee’s maternity pay (SMP), paternity or adoption pay, relevant period and average weekly earnings
Loans and mentoring for people looking to start or grow a business in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Find out if a potential employee's document gives them the right to work in the UK and which documents employers should check.
How to close down your limited company by getting it struck off the Companies Register
How to close a limited company - strike off, dissolution, voluntary liquidation - or allow to become dormant
View your Annual Tax Summary and find out how the government calculates and spends your Income Tax and National Insurance contributions.
How to request a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for a potential employee: types of DBS check, how to request a check, how much it costs, how long it takes.
When your company or organisation pays Corporation Tax - paying, reporting and dormant companies
Protect your brand by registering it as a trade mark - how to apply, fees, responding to objections to your trade mark, using the ® symbol
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