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Selling Goods Online
In this guide, we outline the legal requirements for traders selling goods (products or digital content) online.
Business Continuity Planning
This article explains how to make a continuity plan to ensure that a business can operate as effectively as possible if a serious incident occurs.
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Apply for more time to file your company’s accounts
How to request an extension to your Companies House filing deadline if an unplanned event stops you filing your accounts.
Setting up and Running a Payroll System
A brief guide to payroll systems
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What are the Legal Requirements for Business Websites
A review of the basic obligations for businesses online
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An Introduction to Creating a Food Safety Management System
A Food Safety Management System (FSMS) helps a food business operator avoid potential hazards in food preparation and handling.

Resources

Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service

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Acas (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service) is an organisation that offers practical, independent and impartial help to employers, employees and their representatives. Tel: 0845 747 4747

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Wiltshire Council

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Building control

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Pre-application

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Contracts within the local planning office

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Swindon Borough Council

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Help with starting a business, trading standards, tenders and contract opportunities.

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Public Sector Land for sale

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Planning Portal

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Support, information and advice on all stages of the process

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News
How to Export Goods tool
An online tool published by the Department for International Trade to help exporters move goods abro...
Jacqueline Harthill Published: 17/05/21
Reopening businesses and venues in England
This guidance details the steps to reopen certain businesses and venues in England.
Joseph Palmer Published: 15/04/21
New watchdog to boost online competition launches
A tough new regulator to help make sure tech giants such as Facebook and Google cannot exploit their...
Joseph Palmer Published: 15/04/21
Enabling safe and effective volunteering during co...
This guidance aims to help organisations and groups understand how to safely and effectively involve...
Joseph Palmer Published: 30/03/21
(COVID-19) Coronavirus restrictions: what you can ...
Coronavirus restrictions remain in place. Find out what you can and cannot do.
Joseph Palmer Published: 29/03/21
Further targeted ransomware attacks on the UK educ...
The NCSC is responding to further targeted ransomware attacks on the education sector by cyber crimi...
Tim Burghes Published: 24/03/21

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Defining standards for Net Zero and Carbon Neutral claims – Introducing PAS2060
Over the past year, we have seen a significant shift in the interest in matters relating to measuring and managing Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and other gree...
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Protect your small business from cyber crime
These 6 simple actions will help protect your business from cyber crime.
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By Darren Ryder, Director of Automatic Enrolment at TPR
5 Reason why Entrpreneurs need to focus on Cybersecurity
When you hear of a new cybersecurity threat on the news, what type of business do you think is most likely to be the victim of an attack?

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