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A patent registers your invention and lets you take legal action against anyone who makes, uses, sells or imports your invention without your permission.
Who gets copyright, types of work it covers, permitted use of copyright material, how to license and sell copyright and help resolving disputes.
How to employ an apprentice, what's expected of you and what funding you can get.
Charities can register online with HMRC and claim tax relief or get tax back on Gift Aid donations and bank interest, charitable purposes, registration
The Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies (CIC Regulator)'s form for applying to form a community interest company.
Get ready to employ someone - your responsibilities as an employer, register with HMRC, set up PAYE, get insurance.
Your and your company's responsibilities - repaying director's loans, interest, tax on loans, reporting to HM Revenue and Customs.
Rules employers must follow when making staff redundant - consultations, notice periods, compulsory and non-compulsory redundancy and redundancy pay.
Direct Earnings Attachment (DEA) and deducting any money an employee owes the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) from their pay
PAYE Settlement Agreements (PSA) allow employers to make an annual payment to HRMC for some types of expenses and benefits - apply, renew, deadlines
What Gift Aid is, who can claim, what donations are eligible for Gift Aid, Gift Aid declarations for your charity or community amateur sports club (CASC), how to claim
Use this form to give notice of shares allotted following incorporation. Include the optional continuation pages if needed.
Object to a company's application to be removed from the companies register - how to find out if a company's applied for insolvency, who can object, how to object, what happens next.
When your limited company doesn't have to get its accounts audited, what you need to put on your accounts if you don't and what to do if shareholders ask for an audit
If you provide company cars to your employees, use form P46 (Car) to tell HMRC
Compulsory and voluntary liquidation, the liquidation process, how liquidation affects company directors and the role of a liquidator
Understand the letters and numbers in your employee's tax codes, know when to update someone's tax code
Pay the data protection fee to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and update your details on the data protection register
Checks employers might need to run on job applicants, including right to work in the UK, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS - formerly CRB) checks and health checks
Application for a personal licence requires your licensing qualifications and details of previous or outstanding applications.
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