Latest coronavirus (COVID-19) updates for Companies House customers

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Latest updates to Companies House services

In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, we’re closely following government guidelines. We have plans in place to maintain services for our customers and to protect the welfare of our employees.

Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act

Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act.

The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill received royal assent on 25 June and is now an Act.

The measures introduced by the Act will relieve the burden on businesses during the coronavirus outbreak and allow them to focus all their efforts on continuing to operate. 

We’ve published detailed guidance on:

In our latest blog post, Louise, our Chief Executive, explains how the Act will help businesses and how Companies House has adapted quickly to support companies through the coronavirus outbreak. 

Reopening of businesses in England

Most businesses and venues in England can now reopen, except for those impacted by the Leicestershire coronavirus lockdown and those that must remain closed as part of further social distancing measures. 

If your business can reopen, use this tool to check what you must do to keep customers and employees safe.  

If your business is based in another part of the UK you can find the latest information and guidance here:

Stay safe at work

Stay alert, stay safe at work. For ways to be COVID-19 secure at work, go to gov.uk/workingsafely

The government, in consultation with industry, has produced guidance to help make sure workplaces are as safe as possible.

BEIS has also hosted webinars on working safely during coronavirus.

Read the guidance and listen to the webinar recordings to make sure that you're working safely. 

Safer workplace case studies

Watch the safer workplace case studies to see how a range of workplace settings are returning to work safely. 

You can also visit the Coronavirus Business Support blog to read examples of how businesses such as Kathryn Sargent Bespoke Tailoring, Stonegate Pub Company and Homegrown Hotels have followed the government's working safely guidance.

Use our online services

As part of our response to coronavirus, we’ve introduced a temporary service to Upload a document to Companies House.

We’re continually working to improve the service. As this service is updated, it will include more document types and features such as acknowledgments and payments.

Read more about sending your forms to Companies House during the coronavirus outbreak. 

If you’d like to help us to develop this service and our other services, you can join our user panel.

Updates to our services

We're receiving high volumes of emails and social media messages. Please bear with us, we're responding as quickly as possible.

We’ll be sharing all the latest updates and information about our services on our coronavirus guidance page for Companies House customers, employees and suppliers

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