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  • Statutory Maternity Pay and Leave: employer guide

    Employer guide to Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - rates, eligibility, notice period, form SMP1, recover statutory pay

  • Estimate your business rates

    Estimate your business rates by multiplying the rateable value of your business property by a multiplier value set by the government.

  • Time off for family and dependants

    Your legal right to time off to care for dependants - when you can take time off, how long you get, your rights

  • The National Minimum Wage and Living Wage

    Who's entitled to the minimum wage, what's included when working out the minimum wage, and what happens if there's a dispute.

  • Find out which DBS check is right for your employee

    Find out what level of Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check you can get for an employee you’re recruiting. Formerly a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check.

  • Contact Companies House

    Contact Companies House to register your limited company, file returns and accounts

  • Bringing goods into the UK for personal use

    Bringing in goods for personal use when you travel to the UK from abroad - types of tax and duty, duty free, EU and non-EU arrivals, banned and restricted goods.

  • Respond to a court claim for money

    What happens if someone makes a money claim against you, saying you owe them money, and how you can respond or defend yourself

  • Statutory Sick Pay (SSP): employer guide

    Employer guide to Statutory Sick Pay - SSP rates, form SSP1, eligibility, fit notes (formerly sick notes), recover statutory pay.

  • Accepting returns and giving refunds: the law

    When you do and do not have to offer a refund, repair or replacement, unconditional refunds for online purchases, and penalties for deceiving customers

  • PAYE and payroll for employers

    What new employers need to do for PAYE, including choosing whether to run payroll yourself, paying someone for the first time and keeping records.

  • Child employment

    Minimum working age and pay for children, how to apply for performance licences and what local council bylaws say about employing children, paying someone over 16

  • Company Tax Returns

    How to prepare a Company Tax Return for your limited company or unincorporated association - deadlines, corrections and penalties

  • Download HMRC's Basic PAYE Tools

    Download HMRC's free payroll software Basic PAYE Tools

  • Employment Allowance

    Claim up to £5,000 off your employer's National Insurance (NI), who is eligible, how to claim using your payroll software

  • Running a limited company: your responsibilities

    Running a limited company - including directors' responsibilities, company annual returns, reporting company changes and how to take money out of a limited company

  • Unpaid parental leave

    Employer and employee guide to unpaid parental leave - eligibility, how much leave can be taken and notice periods

  • Planning permission

    When you need planning permission, where to apply, what counts as permitted development and how to appeal a planning permission decision

  • County court judgments for debt

    What to do if you receive a county court judgment (CCJ) - how to get it set aside or change what you pay, what happens if you do not pay, how to search the register. Includes information from the withdrawn EX320 and EX326 gu…

  • Get help and support for your business

    Get business support and advice over the phone and online - setting up and running a business.