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Our new powers in action: tackling company cloning

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Our new powers in action: tackling company cloning

Read how we used our new powers to remove nearly 1,000 fraudulent restaurant company 'clones' from the register.

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How we design for internal services

Posted by: Michael Gearon - Senior interaction designer, Posted on: 24 July 2019 - Categories: User research
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Our senior interaction designer explains the challenges of designing services for internal users compared to external users.

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Why it's important to use the right data

Posted by: Gary Townley - Senior communications manager, Posted on: 19 July 2019 - Categories: Running a company
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What if they were a few degrees out for the Apollo 11 mission 50 years ago? We look at the importance of data, and how we use your data at Companies House.

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Using innovation time to develop our digital skills

Posted by: Toby Maxwell-Lyte - Head of the Software Development Profession, Posted on: 18 July 2019 - Categories: Digital transformation
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Find out how we allow our digital teams a free half day each week to learn new technologies and harness their creative skills.

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User Research Wales Unconference: the agenda with no agenda

Posted by: Sarah Combstock - User experience researcher, Posted on: 12 July 2019 - Categories: User research
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To help grow the user research community in Wales and the South West, we recently hosted an event to share ideas and best practice across government departments.

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Using behavioural insights to improve our customer communications

Posted by: Esme Turner, Posted on: 10 July 2019 - Categories: Digital transformation, User research
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Find out about our collaboration with the Behavioural Insights Team and how we're using 'nudges' to achieve better outcomes for our customers.

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Making the best use of cloud capabilities

Posted by: Steve Bowen - Head of platform engineering, Posted on: 2 July 2019 - Categories: Digital transformation
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Our head of platform engineering tells us about the importance of cloud platforms in our digital services and the challenges of moving our Companies House Service.

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The rise of social media entrepreneurs

Posted by: Sara Jones - Campaigns Manager, Posted on: 28 June 2019 - Categories: Business stories
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From fitness gurus to fashionistas, we take a look at some of the most successful British entrepreneurs who are using social media to grow their business empires.

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National Cream Tea Day

Posted by: Gary Townley - Senior communications manager, Posted on: 28 June 2019 - Categories: Starting a company

Today is National Cream Tea Day. Having raised more than £15,000 for charity by selling cakes, this is one day Companies House will definitely be celebrating.

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Protecting your personal information

Posted by: Alun Howells - Principal Policy Advisor, Posted on: 27 June 2019 - Categories: Companies House transformation

Protecting your personal data is important to us. Find out how we're aiming to strike the right balance between transparent company information and protecting personal data.

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File your accounts on time this summer with email reminders

Posted by: Dave, Posted on: 24 June 2019 - Categories: Running a company
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Thumbs-up Dave talks about his free online toolkit and the email reminders available to help businesses file their accounts online and on time.

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We use our blog to talk about the work we’re doing, offering tips and advice on starting, running and closing a company. We also share the latest developments on the changes to UK company law.

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