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Cobalt Light Systems Ltd, a spinout from STFC, developed patented technology to identify materials through barriers.

• Updated: 9 May 2025

We deal with complaints about cases where a company name is registered for the primary purpose of preventing someone else with legitimate interest from registering it, or demanding payment from them to release it. Company Names Tribunal works with the...

• Updated: 15 April 2021

Apply for an Innovator Founder visa if you've been endorsed for a business idea: eligibility, documents, extend or switch, bring your family.

• Overview

  You can apply for an Innovator Founder visa if: you want to set up and run…

• Eligibility

  Before you apply you need to have your business or business idea assessed…

• Knowledge of English

  You’ll usually need to prove your knowledge of the English language when…

• Documents you’ll need to apply

  When you apply you need to provide an ‘endorsement letter’ to show that an…

• Apply from outside the UK

  You must apply online for an Innovator Founder visa. Check which documents…

• Your partner and children

  Your partner and children can also apply to join you or stay in the UK as…

• Extend your visa

  You can usually apply to extend an Innovator Founder visa if both of the…

• Switch to this visa

  You might be able to apply to change (‘switch’) to an Innovator Founder…

Information about ETI, an alliance of companies, trade unions and voluntary organisations improving the lives of workers who make consumer goods.

• Updated: 25 March 2013

Get help to classify textiles and which headings and codes to use.

• Updated: 7 April 2017

Protect your brand by registering it as a trade mark - how to apply, fees, responding to objections to your trade mark, using the ® symbol.

Flat Rate VAT scheme - eligibility, thresholds, flat rates of VAT and joining or leaving the scheme.

Tax advantages on employee share schemes including Share Incentive Plans, Save As You Earn, Company Share Option Plans and Enterprise Management Incentives

VAT, duty and customs declarations for goods received by post or courier - paying, collecting your goods, getting a refund and documents.

Apply for a Senior or Specialist Worker visa to work for your employer’s UK branch - eligibility, fees, documents, extend, switch or update, bring your partner and children.