company-formation

  1. Unlocking New Customers: How Offering Company Formation Services Can Expand Your Business

    Unlocking New Customers: How Offering Company Formation Services Can Expand Your Business

    Marketing is one of the biggest challenges for any business. Finding new customers, standing out from the competition, and converting leads into paying clients can be costly and time-consuming. Traditional marketing routes such as paid advertising, social media campaigns, and networking all have...
  2. Choosing the Right Company Formation Agent for Your Limited Company

    Choosing the Right Company Formation Agent for Your Limited Company

    If you're planning to form a Limited company, one of the first steps is to register your business with Companies House. While it's possible to handle this yourself, many entrepreneurs work with a company formation agent to simplify the process and ensure everything is correctly done. This guide...
  3. Lara J.

    Using alternative business names under one Ltd. company

    A company I do business with is originally from overseas but they also have a UK Ltd. to do business here, employ staff, own their fleet, pay tax etc. In their country it’s possible to officially register additional unique trade names under a Ltd. at their equivalent of Companies House. They can...
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    Advice on launching a multi-jurisdictional company in the UK.

    Hello, I have built a software with a partner from Austria over the last 2 years, we currently have 7 clients in Austria and will be going to market in the UK very soon. I would really appreciate some advice regarding which company type / structure is best suited for our current arrangement. I...
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    Opening Limited Company

    I am about to make a bit of a leap of faith into starting my own consultancy business, however I am unsure what the most tax-efficient way is to go about this, as I was planning to operate as a sole trader but now I think there could be a better way. Initially I would be working for 3...
  6. Choosing the right structure for your new business

    Choosing the right structure for your new business

    Starting a business can be an exhilarating journey, but it's crucial to lay a solid foundation by choosing the right company structure. In the UK, the most common choices are registering as self-employed (Sole Trader) or setting up a Limited Company. While there are other options like Limited...
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    Opening a travel agency

    I found a small niche where I can have a guaranteed constant cashflow, I have tested it with friends and family and can see it is working with good profits if I started the agency and have everything in order. This would include having to issue flight tickets, bus tickets and hotel bookings...
  8. How to register a trade mark for a UK business

    How to register a trade mark for a UK business

    So, you’ve spent weeks, months or even years building your brand, growing a loyal customer base and developing your products or services, and you’re starting to see success. Your small business means the world to you, but with SMEs accounting for 99.9% of the UK’s business population, there’s...
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    Starting a business with multiple brands - what's the best formation?

    Hi. Right now i'm starting a business. Initially from day 1 there will be one brand, from year 2 I plan to create another brand leveraging off of the same (or very similar) product, same manufacturing plant but with different branding / website / target market etc... From day 1 (i.e. now) what...
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    Dissolved via compulsory strike-off action but still trading?

    Hi there, I've been looking to employ some tradespeople to carry out work and have come across a company that seems to be able to do this, but after some DD I noticed on companies house the filing history for said limited company says it was dissolved via compulsory strike-off action back in...
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    Strike off LTD company

    Hi all, I'm after some advice regarding a limited company I set up back in January. Basically, I naively decided I wanted to become an Amazon FBA seller. In order for me to obtain a seller account, I understood at the time that I needed to have a business. I therefore set about registering a...
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    Company purchase in my name or company name?

    About to purchase an existing company. Now the question is do I buy this company under my own name as a sole shareholder, or do I buy it as my company registered in Hong Kong? Been trying to find the pros and cons online but have not really found anything. I am not resident in UK or a tax...
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    UberEats Restaurant Partner

    Hi, I am an Uber Eats restaurant partner as a sole trader. I am owed some money from Uber but haven't received it yet. I am planning to change the business to a limited company. Will I still be able to receive the money I am owed? Thank you.
  14. J

    Tax advice on Limited Company

    Hi, Back in March I took an outside IR35 contract and was advised to open a Limited Company for it. I set everything up and worked 2 weeks until I realised it wasn't the right fit for me and I had a better offer from an employer which meant I left the contract with only 2 weeks paid. Does anyone...
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    Overseas property purchase through limited company

    Hello, I am looking to possibly purchase a property overseas, (Greece) via my limited company. (My limited company has been operating profitably for over 5 years doing IT services.) Am I right in saying that I have to have the property rented out for a certain number of weeks a year for it to...
  16. denisbilo

    Founding an LTD in UK while living in Italy wo getting punished

    Hi everybody! I'm an Online Marketing Agency Owner living in Italy and would like to create my ltd in UK for a tax reason. Is there some way for me to do that avoiding getting punished? Thank you so much.
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    Categorize transaction

    I recently changed from Company's Payroll to a Self Employed Limited Company (new). When I sent an invoice to the company last month, they accidentally sent to my personal bank account instead of the company's bank account. I have transferred the next day to my company's bank account. Now that...
  18. R

    Shares in business

    I have shares in a limited company and out lease is up for renewal, My business partner wants to put the lease into the companies name, for another 10 years. She said if I don’t take the lease on I walk away with nothing. If we carry on, I can then sell the lease after 5 years.
  19. J

    Set up a company and be self-employed

    I wanted to know if I can set up a LTD company and also be self-employed. The company is for a side project and has nothing to do with what I do self-employed-wise. LTD won't be paying me a wage either, just dividends.
  20. R

    My business partner wants me on the lease

    Morning all, I brought into a hair salon business around 8 years ago., I had been working there for 8 years before But my name was never put on the lease. We are 60/40 (me) Business is limited. I am at a stage in my life where I am thinking do I really want to own more business and...