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Six tips for choosing the right business property
Six tips to help you find a suitable commercial property to buy or rent for your business.
Legal considerations when choosing business property
Key legal obligations and restrictions to consider when choosing commercial premises.
Choose the right location for your business premises
Identify the advantages and disadvantages when deciding on a suitable location for your commercial property.
Search for commercial property
Specifying what you want when searching for business premises and where you can search for suitable commercial property.
Gas safety in rented business property
Division of responsibilities between landlords and tenants for gas safety checks and maintenance.
Commercial rental property: landlord and tenant responsibilities
Responsibility for health and safety and maintenance duties in business properties.
Certificate of fitness for rental properties
To rent out a property, you must obtain a certificate of fitness from your local council.
Rental property health and safety
Landlords' health and safety responsibilities when letting property.
Register a house in multiple occupation
Houses rented to 3 or more unrelated people must be registered as an HMO.
Applying for voluntary strike-off and dissolution
How a business can apply to be struck off the register, and how Companies House deals with an application
Who to inform about applying for voluntary strike-off and dissolution
Interested parties must be told about an application for voluntary strike-off, and they may have the right to object
Involuntary strike-off
If a business is not in operation, the registrar can strike it off the register and dissolve it
Administrative restoration to the register
A former director of a company that has been struck off or a member of an LLP that has been struck off can apply for administrative restoration
What happens with court-ordered restoration
If the court orders a business to be restored to the register, a name change may be required that incurs costs
Withdrawing an application for voluntary strike-off
When it is necessary or appropriate to withdraw an application for voluntary strike-off
What happens to assets after dissolution
How to deal with voluntary and compulsory strike-off or restoration of a registered business
Change your business structure
You may want to switch from a partnership to a limited company, or the other way round - find out the implications
Common legal structures for businesses
An overview of the most common legal structures for businesses
Supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) and the Northern Ireland Protocol
How the Northern Ireland Protocol affects supplementary protection certificates (SPCs), and what it means you need to do when applying for an SPC and afterwards
Trade marks and geographical indications
Guidance for businesses and organisations on the relationship between trade marks and geographical indications (GIs)