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VAT details to include on invoices
VAT-registered businesses must include extra information on invoices, such as identifying numbers and VAT paid.
Information that invoices must contain
A valid invoice must contain certain information which may include VAT number, company name, business name and address.
Reduce your business insurance risks and premiums
How to pay less for insurance by managing risk - perhaps by improving your health and safety performance.
Who deals with bankruptcy and company liquidation claims?
The role of the official receiver, insolvency practitioner, trustee and liquidator, and relevant costs and fees
Making a bankruptcy or company liquidation claim
Submitting a proof of debt form for your claim
Creditors' meetings and creditors'/liquidation committees
Procedures for calling a meeting of creditors and for appointing a creditors' committee or liquidation committee
Conduct and voting at creditors' meetings
What happens at a first meeting of creditors, how an insolvency practitioner is appointed and the rules on voting
Completion of bankruptcy and company liquidation cases
How the official receiver or insolvency practitioner is released from the case and your right to object
Order of priority for repayment of creditors
The strict order of priority in which creditors are repaid
Ensuring you are registered as a creditor
How to find contact details for the official receiver or insolvency practitioner dealing with your debtor's case
What is a statutory demand
What a statutory demand is and how long it can last
Serving a statutory demand
How to serve a statutory demand depending on who you are serving it on
Proof of serving a statutory demand
When you need to prove you have served a statutory demand, and when you may need a statement of truth
After serving a winding-up petition
What to do after you have served a winding-up petition on a debtor company
What happens after a winding-up order is made?
What happens to a company after the court makes a winding-up order against it
Insurance for exporting and importing
Potential risks of exporting and importing, and how to insure against them.
Credit checking your customers and setting credit limits
How to ensure that business customers pay their bills on time and why you should pay your bills on time.
How to turn around a struggling business
The areas of your business that you should assess in order to uncover any problems or potential problems.
Choose and manage a business bank account
How to choose a business bank account and the benefits of getting value from your current deal.
Factoring and invoice discounting
How to improve cashflow by selling your invoices to a third party.