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Back in Business rate support
The Back in Business scheme offers businesses a 50% rates discount for up to two years if they occupy a vacant retail unit.
Make yourself bankrupt
The bankruptcy process and your duties if you make yourself bankrupt.
How to petition for your own bankruptcy
Understanding the process involved in making yourself bankrupt, and how and where to get the right forms.
Bankruptcy for company directors
What to do if you are the director of a company and need to declare bankruptcy.
Get advice about bankruptcy
Who to contact for advice on bankruptcy.
Alternatives to bankruptcy
Other options to consider before making yourself bankrupt.
How the High Court can deal with your bankruptcy petition
What options the court has when it considers your bankruptcy petition.
Which court you should use for bankruptcy
Which courts deal with bankruptcy matters and how to find the right one for you.
Costs involved in making yourself bankrupt
Information on the fees you may have to pay to present your bankruptcy petition.
Your duties as a bankrupt
What you must do if a bankruptcy order is made against you.
Wind up a limited company that owes you money
How creditors can use compulsory winding-up orders to attempt to recover monies owed by an insolvent company.
What is compulsory winding up?
The legal process of compulsory winding-up orders against insolvent companies through the courts.
Support for winding up a company that owes you money
Sources of information on compulsory winding-up proceedings.
What happens at a winding-up hearing?
Information on the court procedures at a winding-up hearing.
Steps to serve a winding-up petition
How to present a winding-up petition to the court and how to serve a winding-up petition on the debtor company.
Completing a winding-up petition
How to complete a winding-up petition for a compulsory winding-up order against a company.
How do I wind up a company?
How to petition the High Court or a county court for a winding-up order against a company.
Rates on rental properties: responsibility and landlord allowance
Guidance on who is responsible for paying business rates for rental properties and details of the 10% landlord allowance.
Small Business Rate Relief for small Post Offices
The Small Business Rate Relief for small Post Offices is a Northern Ireland government initiative that includes enhanced rate relief for small Post Offices.
Non-Domestic Vacant Rating
The rating of vacant non-domestic property has been in place to encourage properties to be brought back into use.