Guidance and regulation

Information on the different types of alcohol licences available and guidance on how to apply for them.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 19 April 2021

Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 20 September 2022

How to read your gas meter and convert this reading to kilowatt hours.

• From: Office for Product Safety and Standards
• Updated: 10 June 2014

How to apply to the Court of Protection to challenge an order restricting someone's freedom or get a deprivation of liberty authorised.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service
• Updated: 1 May 2024

Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 20 September 2022

Guide for government officials covering all aspects of the Better Regulation Framework.

• From: Department for Business and Trade
• Updated: 19 September 2023

Guidance for manufacturers, authorised representatives, and responsible persons.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and 1 others
• Updated: 1 January 2021

Why the CMA is investigating the potential Vodafone/Three merger and what it might mean for consumers.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Updated: 29 April 2024

This guidance is principally intended to help traders to comply with the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (CPRs).

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Updated: 1 August 2008

Getting a fair deal when choosing a vet practice and treatments for your pet.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Updated: 23 May 2024

Guidance for businesses explaining the rules on payment surcharges.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and 1 others
• Updated: 22 June 2018

How approved driving instructors should behave in their personal conduct and business dealings, including advertising their services and settling disputes.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 22 November 2019

Guidance to help businesses make sure their contract terms and notices are fair and clear to consumers.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Updated: 31 July 2015

Find out what information you need to show on products made of or containing meat that you sell to the public.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 3 January 2017

Tell the CMA about issues with a business, a market, or to provide information about a new or existing case.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Updated: 20 March 2023

Guidance for manufacturers, their authorised representatives and importers.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and 1 others
• Updated: 23 November 2023

What you can expect if you request a meter test.

• From: Office for Product Safety and Standards
• Updated: 2 July 2018

Electricity Act 1989: Statutory register of all pattern approved electricity meters suitable for billing purposes in the UK.

• From: Office for Product Safety and Standards
• Updated: 17 May 2024

Advice for manufacturers and retailers on textile labelling.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and 1 others
• Updated: 31 December 2020

The Guidance on the Implementation of the Sunbeds (Regulation) Act 2010 is for local authority authorised officers to support enforcement.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 8 April 2011