Services

Incorporate a private limited company - register it with Companies House and rules on directors, shares, articles of association and telling HMRC about the company

Understand the letters and numbers in your employee's tax codes, know when to update someone's tax code

Check a business's EORI number, used to import and export goods from the UK

Find out if a potential employee's document gives them the right to work in the UK and which documents employers should check.

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.

• From: Companies House

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

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.

Protect your brand by registering it as a trade mark - how to apply, fees, responding to objections to your trade mark, using the ® symbol

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

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.

When your company or organisation pays Corporation Tax - paying, reporting and dormant companies

How to close a limited company - strike off, dissolution, voluntary liquidation - or allow to become dormant

Business rates are charged on most non-domestic properties - who has to pay, how your rates are calculated, getting a revaluation, what to do if your premises change.

Estimate your business rates by multiplying the rateable value of your business property by a multiplier value set by the government.

Apply to get an EORI number to move goods between Great Britain, Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man, and other countries.

How to close down your limited company by getting it struck off the Companies Register

Use this service to send your lease and rent details to the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) if you've been contacted by them

Your legal right to time off to care for dependants - when you can take time off, how long you get, your rights

Employer guide to Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - rates, eligibility, notice period, form SMP1, recover statutory pay