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Protect your brand by registering it as a trade mark - how to apply, fees, responding to objections to your trade mark, using the ® symbol.
You can register your trade mark to protect your brand, for example the…
Before you apply for a trade mark you need to: decide which general…
To apply you’ll need: details of what you want to register, for example…
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) will examine your application and…
Your trade mark will be registered around 10 weeks (2 months, plus 2…
How to buy or acquire the assets of a dissolved company - how and when you can claim money or property, who to contact and the forms you need
When a company is dissolved, all of its assets pass to the Crown and are…
You may be able to apply for a court order to restore a company if: you…
You may be able to claim or buy an asset belonging to a dissolved company…
You may be able to get back a dissolved company’s assets if you were one…
How and when you'll pay Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (SDRT) or Stamp Duty when you buy shares electronically or using a stock transfer form
When you buy shares, you usually pay a tax or duty of 0.5% on the…
You’ll pay Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (SDRT) if you buy shares electronically…
You must pay Stamp Duty on your shares if: you buy shares through a stock…
You pay Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (SDRT) or Stamp Duty at 1.5% if you…
How to register your vehicle and the cost - new registrations, kit cars, rebuilds, radically altered vehicles, old and classic vehicles, vehicle identification numbers, Q plates
Tax advantages on employee share schemes including Share Incentive Plans, Save As You Earn, Company Share Option Plans and Enterprise Management Incentives
How to buy intellectual property that belonged to a dissolved company and now belongs to the Crown.
Buy or get someone's permission to use a patent, trade mark, design or work under copyright
Incorporate a private limited company - register it with Companies House and rules on directors, shares, articles of association and telling HMRC about the company
Use employment related securities (ERS) to reward, retain or give incentives to your employees, including any tax advantages.
Guidance for buyers and suppliers of cloud technology, digital outcomes, digital specialists, user research participants and labs.
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