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Types of model articles of association a limited company can have, including older versions of Table A from previous company legislation.
Using our Find and update company information service to follow companies and search company information for free.
The Insolvency and Companies List was formerly known as the Companies Court. We handle cases relating to the insolvency of companies, including: petitions to wind up a company applications to unfreeze bank accounts or challenge a winding up petition applications...
How to register an overseas entity and its beneficial owners or managing officers, so it can buy, sell or transfer property or land in the UK.
Read the Council Directive 2003/48/EC of 3 June 2003 on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments.
FCDO travel advice for USA. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
How to close down your limited company by getting it struck off the Companies Register
We incorporate and dissolve limited companies. We register company information and make it available to the public. Companies House is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Business and Trade .
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
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.
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