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This guidance is an introduction to the Open Document Format (ODF) standard and how you can select ODF-compliant solutions.
The Intellectual Property Office offers different methods of accelerating the processing of your patent application.
How the Valuation Office Agency calculates your rateable value for business rates.
Find a BFPO number, send mail to and from British forces personnel and their families
Incorporate a private limited company - register it with Companies House and rules on directors, shares, articles of association and telling HMRC about the company
Business expenses you can claim if you're self-employed
Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.
Crown Commercial Service (CCS), a Trading Fund and Executive Agency of the Cabinet Office, helps the public sector get better value when buying. CCS is an executive agency, sponsored by the Cabinet Office .
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.
A patent registers your invention and lets you take legal action against anyone who makes, uses, sells or imports your invention without your permission.
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