1. The company is no longer trading 2. The company no longer exists as a legal entity in its own right 3. Assets are liquidated, creditors paid (in specific order if insuffient to satisy all) 4. The directors are no longer limited by guarantee if they DO trade under the guise of the company. 5. No further return forms are due for tax / vat etc if a firm just stops trading it might go dormant instead of dissolving. A company that is dormant (doing nothing) can become active again, a dissolved company cannot.
15 Biggest Employers in the World. Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT) is the worldâs largest publicly traded employer, with approximately 2.2 million employees across of the globe, a number greater than the population of cities such as Houston, Philadelphia, and Phoenix. In all, nearly 100 publicly-traded companies worldwide employ at least 175,000 workers each.
Walmart is the largest American employer, with a workforce of nearly 2.2 million people. However, because of its international reach, only 1.3 million of those were employed in the United States. Each of America's 10 largest employers has a workforce of more than 300,000 people. Some of the companies, such as Walmart and McDonald's, offer mostly low-wage jobs.