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How to request a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for a potential employee or volunteer: types of DBS check, how to request a check, how much it costs, how long it takes.
Use this service to send your lease and rent details to the Valuation Office (VO) if you've been contacted by them
Look up the additional code (Meursing code) required for import or export of goods containing certain types of milk and sugars
Protect your brand by registering it as a trade mark - how to apply, what you can register, fees, responding to objections to your trade mark, using the ® symbol.
Use this service to apply to strike off a company from the Companies House register.
Check the rateable value and report changes to your property in England: challenge your property’s rateable value if you disagree with it.
How to close a limited company - strike off, dissolution, voluntary liquidation - or allow to become dormant
Calculate an employee’s maternity pay (SMP), paternity or adoption pay, relevant period and average weekly earnings
Find out what level of Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check you can get for an employee you’re recruiting. Formerly a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check.
How to close down your limited company by getting it struck off the Companies Register
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
Search for patents and supplementary certificates (SPCs) that have been granted, published and filed
Use Contracts Finder to find out about current contract opportunities with the government and its agencies.
Find out if a potential employee's document gives them the right to work in the UK and which documents employers should check.
What happens if someone makes a money claim against you, saying you owe them money, and how you can respond or defend yourself
Tell HMRC if you've stopped being self-employed, or you're ending or leaving a business partnership - responsibilities, tax returns, letting any employees know.
Find out if, and how, you need to register with HMRC when you start employing people.
Apply to get an EORI number to move goods between Great Britain, Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man, and other countries.
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) calculator - calculate SSP for an employee
Use the Companies House online service to change your company's registered office address.
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