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All private sector businesses that want to do building control work in England and Wales under the Building Act 1984 (as amended) must apply to register with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).

• Updated: 26 March 2025

Visiting a prisoner: visiting times, keeping in touch by email, telephone or letter, banned items and sending money to a prisoner by debit card or online bank transfer

• Letters, video and telephone calls

  Letters You can contact a prisoner by writing to them. Write the person’s…

• Email and social media

  Prisoners are not allowed to access social networking websites (such as…

• Banned items

  You must not send or give anything to a prisoner that: is indecent or…

• Sending money

  You can send money to someone in prison by making an online payment by…

• Visiting someone in prison

  You can make an online request to visit someone in prison in most cases.…

Making someone bankrupt is one way to recover money owed to you – bankruptcy petition fees and download a guide to creditor bankruptcy petitions

• Overview

  You have to present a bankruptcy petition to a court if you want to…

• Prove you're owed £5,000 or more

  To make someone bankrupt you must be owed one of the following: at least…

• Check for other bankruptcy petitions

  You must check if the debtor has had any bankruptcy petitions against them…

• Apply

  The bankruptcy petition form you fill in depends on whether: the debtor…

Steps to help grow your business - finding finance, mentors, increasing sales and developing products and services

How to work out splitting up money, property and possessions when you divorce or dissolve a civil partnership - including mediation.

Find out if your social enterprise meets the conditions of the social investment tax relief (SITR) scheme for investments made on or before 5 April 2023.

• Updated: 6 April 2023

Work out how much money you'll get when you retire and plan ahead - State Pension, Pension Credit, National Insurance

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

How to make a will: making sure it's valid, using a solicitor and changing it when your circumstances change

Find out how venture capital schemes work, who can apply and what tax reliefs are available for your investors.

• Updated: 25 May 2023