Search results
Private pension products
Types of personal pension products
Transferring your pension
Asking for the transfer value of moving your scheme and whether to start up an additional pension scheme
Support for protecting your ideas
Get professional help from intellectual property advisers, a patent attorney or a trade mark attorney to protect your intellectual property in an invention
Find manufacturers to build a prototype
Sources of information on product designers and manufacturers who can help you develop your invention
Support for product safety and testing
How to arrange product safety assessment, and where to find testing laboratories, services and product certification in the UK
Support for developing your ideas
Where to get help to develop new product ideas if you're looking to manufacture, market, sell or license your inventions
Checklist: set up as a sole trader
A checklist of things you must do, and organisations you must make contact with, to set yourself up as a sole trader
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.
Start a business from home
Guidance and practical tips on starting a home-based business and local support to help establish your home business
When to cash in your personal pension
What happens when you retire and claim your pension, including how much tax you will pay
The State Pension
Getting a forecast of your State Pension and working out your state pension age
How a personal pension works
How much you can contribute to a personal pension fund, tax relief and how annuities work.
How bankruptcy petitions work
How to issue a bankruptcy petition
Choosing the right legal route for your debt claim
Differences between the small claims track and the high court
Winding up and bankruptcy petitions
How to issue a petition to close the business or enforce a judgment if your customer does not pay you
Using solicitors and debt recovery agents
In certain cases when collecting money owed to you it may be sensible to seek professional help
Issuing your debt claim
The forms and evidence you will need to issue a claim for payment