In the ever-evolving landscape of UK business taxation, VAT registration remains a pivotal milestone for growing enterprises. Whether you’re a startup scaling up or an established firm reviewing compliance, understanding Value Added Tax (VAT) rules can save you time, money, and headaches. But with thresholds, timelines, and obligations to navigate, where do you start? This…
In the UK, women own nearly one in five businesses, yet they receive just 1.8% of equity investment: a statistic that’s not just startling, but economically unsustainable. According to the British Business Bank, all-female founder teams raised only £232 million across 162 deals in 2023. The gender funding gap isn’t just a matter of fairness,…
This article will explain what are the requirements for registering a UK limited company. Recommended for non-UK residents.
Navigating the UK tax system can be complex—especially for entrepreneurs, small business owners, and freelancers who are managing accounting and compliance responsibilities on top of running a business. To help simplify the process, this blog post provides an up-to-date overview of how the UK tax system works as of July 2025. From VAT and corporation…
Now it’s easier than ever to start a company in the UK. 1Office offers now a unique solution where creating a company, ordering address service and accounting can be all done online, in one place and within some days. This option is available for both local and foreign entrepreneurs. As of 2025, the UK…
A holding company, also known as a parent company, is primarily established to own shares in other companies. Unlike traditional operating companies, holding companies usually do not produce goods or services themselves. Instead, their primary function is to control or manage other businesses’ assets and operations.
As annual report due dates are approaching, now is the ultimate time to start the process of submitting your company’s annual report. Annual reports are mandatory and required by the law in every country. To make business owners’ life easier and to avoid penalties, we have put together a guide of annual report due dates and prices in different countries.
In the following article, we will take a look at how employee vacation pay is calculated in Estonia, Sweden, Finland, UK, Latvia, Lithuania.
UK Business Compliance in 2025: What Every Company Needs to Know The UK business landscape continues to evolve rapidly, with 2025 bringing substantial regulatory changes affecting company registration, tax obligations, and digital compliance. Driven largely by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act and HMRC’s Making Tax Digital programme, these reforms aim to…
When starting up a business one of the first things you need to do is to decide the right legal type of business.