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What types of business insurance are legally required?
Information on the types of cover you must have by law - typically employers' liability and motor insurance.
Liability and professional indemnity cover
Insurance against legal claims for damages - public and product liability and professional indemnity cover.
Business insurance when working from home
How working from home could affect your cover - perhaps requiring an increased premium or changes to your property.
Business insurance losses and claims
The information you should provide when making a claim and the role of the loss adjuster.
Checklist: buying insurance for your business
Key stages when choosing and buying insurance.
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
Business exit strategy: float your business on the stock market
Characteristics your business will need to attract venture capital investment or for a stock-market flotation.
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
Social enterprises as registered charities
Charitable purposes, features of charities, governing documents and registration
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.