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How to register for VAT
How and who needs to register for VAT with HM Revenue & Customs
Manage health and safety when running events
What you should consider regarding health and safety when you are running events, including organisation, site suitability, facilities and emergency planning.
Event health and safety: planning for emergencies
Planning for incidents and emergencies if you are an event organiser, including creating an emergency plan, evacuation procedures and handing over to the emergency services.
Event health and safety: important contacts
As an event organiser, you should keep in touch with organisations such as your local council, the PSNI, the fire brigade, first aid providers, the ambulance service and your insurer.
Event health and safety: planning an event
How to plan, manage and organise a safe event including risk assessment, training, monitoring and review
Event site and venue health and safety
Health and safety considerations for the site and venue of events, including design, risks, facilities, crowd management and transport.
Event health and safety: top tips
Top tips for running events safely include carrying out a risk assessment, planning for emergencies, managing the flow of traffic and crowds, and working with local organisations.
Introduction to National Insurance
What National Insurance is, National Insurance classes and how much you need to pay.
Starting a company or partnership
Guidance for businesses on how to set up, register and name a new company or partnership with Companies House
Register for Self Assessment (video)
How to register with HM Revenue & Customs for Self Assessment
Self Assessment tax return deadlines
Important deadline dates for your Self Assessment tax returns.
Privacy information under UK GDPR
Best practices for UK GDPR privacy notices: what to include, how to present, and when to provide for compliance.
What should my record-keeping system include?
The legal requirements for a record-keeping system.
Cash sales and purchases/expenses books
Recording money that comes in and goes out of your business - your cashflow.
Set up a basic record-keeping system
What you need to record and for how long, with step-by-step guidance on setting up your own system.
Record-keeping best practice
Good record keeping habits and the "four S" approach: system, separate, security, storage.
5 tips for record-keeping
Record-keeping tips to help you pay the tax you owe and keep an eye on financial activities.
Digital financial records
Reasons for keeping computer-based financial records and how to choose bookkeeping and accounting software packages.
Purchase ledger
What to record in a purchase ledger to keep track of how much money you owe.
Sales ledger
The basics of using a sales ledger to monitor the money coming into your business.