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Avoiding loan sharks to fund your business
Advice on how to spot unlicensed lenders and why you shouldn't borrow money from them.
Obtaining non-bank investment
How to secure an investment for your business by preparing for a lender's requirements.
Social and community lenders
Applying for business loans from credit unions, the Prince's Trust and co-operative and community finance.
Recover debt through Court
Your options when trying to obtain money owed to you and the procedures involved when taking your claim to court.
Direct Earnings Attachments (DEA): making deductions from an employee's salary
The Department for Communities will write to you if you need to make DEA deductions for an employee.
Direct Earnings Attachment (DEA) payment schedule
The supporting payment schedule for a DEA that must be completed and issued in order to ensure that the correct payment is allocated to the correct debtor account.
What happens after your debt claim has been served
Court procedures after your claim has been issued, and what the defendant's and your options are.
Deciding whether to take your debt claim to court
Alternatives to court action to recover payment from customers, and checking whether they can afford to pay you.
Choosing the right legal route for your debt claim
Differences between the small claims track and the high court.
What happens if your debt claim is contested
The procedures if a defence is entered and the case proceeds to a court hearing or trial.
Using solicitors and debt recovery agents
In certain cases when collecting money owed to you it may be sensible to seek professional help.
Recovering interest on unpaid debts
The types of interest you can charge on unpaid debts and whether you are entitled to claim them back in court.
Issuing your debt claim
The forms and evidence you will need to issue a claim for payment.
Universal Credit
Employer guidance on Universal Credit - a payment for working-age people who are on a low income or are out of work.
Business rates: changes to your existing property or business
Property or business changes that might affect your rateable value and what to do if you think your rateable value is wrong.
Tips for creating an LGBTQIA+ inclusive workplace
Practical steps to help employers make lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and/or asexual (LGBTQIA+) staff feel included and respected in the workplace.
What is sexual orientation discrimination in the workplace?
How to identify different types of workplace sexual orientation discrimination and some examples of these.
LGBT staff: employer legal duties
The legal responsibilities to ensure that employers do not discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans staff.
Supporting trans staff
How employers can support trans employees by ensuring the unique challenges they face are minimised.
Employing and supporting LGBTQIA+ workers
How employers can develop an inclusive workplace environment and support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and/or asexual (LGBTQIA+) staff.