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href="/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/closing-a-business" title="Closing a Business">Close a business</a></li> <li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="8353ba9c-92c5-4aaf-a49a-dbda4b782252" href="/businesses/business-tax-account" title="Business tax account">Business tax account</a></li> </ul> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12"> <div class="block-region-third-row-col-1"> <section data-block-plugin-id="block_content:2c731d60-ecfa-4166-a745-e8af8c540ae6" class="block block-block-content block-block-content2c731d60-ecfa-4166-a745-e8af8c540ae6 open-html-style clearfix"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><h2>Business types</h2> <div> <div style="width: 45%; float: left;"> <p><a data- data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="d9897b64-c403-4f6c-85e2-ba8e430c5527" 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