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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.
Estimate your business rates by multiplying the rateable value of your business property by a multiplier value set by the government.
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
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
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.
When your company or organisation pays Corporation Tax - paying, reporting and dormant companies
Your legal right to time off to care for dependants - when you can take time off, how long you get, your rights
Find out if a potential employee's document gives them the right to work in the UK and which documents employers should check.
Find out if, and how, you need to register with HMRC when you start employing people.
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) calculator - calculate SSP for an employee
What happens if someone makes a money claim against you, saying you owe them money, and how you can respond or defend yourself
Use this online form to appoint an individual as a company director.
Use the Companies House online service to change your company's registered office address.
Check if your pay matches the National Minimum Wage, the National Living Wage or if your employer owes you payments from the previous year.
Employer guide to Statutory Sick Pay - SSP rates, form SSP1, eligibility, fit notes (formerly sick notes), recover statutory pay.
Search for companies that can do Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks on your behalf (formerly Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks)
What to do if you receive a county court judgment (CCJ) - how to get it set aside or change what you pay, what happens if you do not pay, how to search the register. Includes information from the withdrawn EX320 and EX326 gu…
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