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Using a venture capital scheme to raise money
How venture capital schemes work, who can apply and what tax reliefs are available for investors.
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard compliance
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard is applicable to any organisation that stores, transmits or processes cardholder information.
Advantages and disadvantages of using a payment-processing company
Using payment-processing companies to handle online card transactions has advantages, but it is also worthwhile to consider the disadvantages.
Advantages and disadvantages of selling through online marketplaces
Using an online marketplace for your business has many advantages, but it is also worthwhile to consider the disadvantages.
Checklist: applying for an internet merchant account
The requirements you will need to satisfy when applying to a bank for an internet merchant account.
Banking overseas and UK-based foreign currency accounts
Pros and cons of opening an overseas bank account or a UK-based foreign currency account to hedge your risks
Buying currency options
The pros and cons of buying currency options and how it might help your business hedge foreign exchange risks
Foreign currency transactions and bookkeeping
How making and receiving payments in foreign currencies can affect your accounts
Advantages and disadvantages of using a debt collection agency
Using a debt collection agency could help your business but there are also some possible disadvantages to consider.
Biometric residence permits
Information on biometric residence permits for individuals from outside the European Economic Area
Penalties for employing illegal workers
Visits by immigration officers and the penalties you could face if you are found to have employed an illegal worker
How to contact the Crown Solicitor for Northern Ireland
How to contact the Crown Solicitor for Northern Ireland
Bona vacantia assets
What happens to a company's assets when it is dissolved.
What happens to company assets when a company is dissolved
What happens to a company and its assets after it has been dissolved, including property, shares and cash.
Payments to former shareholders/liquidators of dissolved companies
How the Crown Solicitor makes discretionary payments to former shareholders/liquidators of a dissolved company.
Setting terms and conditions
How to set the terms of a contract between you and your customers.
Setting suitable payment terms for your customers
Payment terms are crucial to your cashflow and competitive position and should be explained clearly to customers.
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.