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Steps to help grow your business - finding finance, mentors, increasing sales and developing products and services
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Growing your business, whether through increased sales or improved…
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Get research and development (R&D) funding, protect your intellectual property, and comply with data protection rules
Data protection rules for businesses in recruiting staff, keeping staff records and using CCTV
When a business changes owner, employees could be protected under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) regulations (TUPE) - types of transfers, your rights, contracts, redundancy, where to get help
Tell HMRC about changes to your business - a change of name, address, legal structure or business activity
How to get Inheritance Tax relief on business assets in an estate, what qualifies, giving away business property or assets
What you must do when you sell your company, partnership or sole trader business
Business Asset Disposal Relief (was known as Entrepreneurs' Relief) can reduce your Capital Gains Tax (CGT) when you sell certain business assets or shares - eligibility, deadlines, how to claim.
The rules for employment agencies and businesses: licences, vulnerable people, opting out, job advertisements, transfer fees, trade unions, terms and conditions and contracts, travel and accommodation for work-seekers
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