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Steps to help grow your business - finding finance, mentors, increasing sales and developing products and services
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If you’ve decided that setting up a company and becoming a director is the best way forward for your business, it’s important to know the rules involved.
How to line up your reporting dates for accounts and Company Tax Returns at the end of your limited company's first year.
Apply for indefinite leave to remain if you have an Innovator Founder or Innovator visa - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.
Incorporate a private limited company - register it with Companies House and rules on directors, shares, articles of association and telling HMRC about the company.
Apply for an Innovator Founder visa if you've been endorsed for a business idea: eligibility, documents, extend or switch, bring your family.
Find out whether you're established in the UK for customs purposes.
Guidance and tax advice for businesses, sole traders and limited companies, including how to set up, your responsibilities and how to get help with your taxes.
What it means to be dormant for Corporation Tax or Companies House - trading and non-trading, annual accounts, Company Tax Returns and telling HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
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