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Be aware of misleading invoices offering services to help protect your IP rights in return for a fee.
Find out about our Overseas Investment Insurance policy: its benefits, eligibility criteria and how to apply.
If you’re coming to the UK, you’ll need to prove you have enough money to support yourself and any dependants in the UK.
Applications received to amend the specification of a patent under sections 27 and 75 before the court and the Office.
Find out how interest is calculated and applied if you have a Plan 4 student loan, as well as previous interest rates.
Imposing safeguard measures for imports of certain steel products.
How to use your account to cover duty and import VAT, check your balance, pay HMRC, give an Individual Bank Guarantee and what to do if your guarantee will not cover the amount due.
A collection of case studies showing how businesses have used patents to protect their ideas and help them grow.
Register as a manufacturer, importer or distributor of active substances.
How to work out the customs value if transactions are between branch offices or include inter-company transfers and accounting if you're an importer or clearing agent.
A collection of case studies showing how businesses have protected their designs to help create value from their ideas.
How the protected online filing (PROOF) scheme can help you prevent fraudulent changes to your company.
Check the tariff classification for a flexible article made of cellular plastics in the shape of a hollow tube.
Pay voluntary National Insurance for periods abroad.
Learn how to identify misleading invoices and what you should do if you receive one.
Qualified Persons (QPs) should follow the below guidance on the flexible approaches we are taking for medicines imported from third countries.
Claim relief on import duty and VAT when importing miscellaneous documents and related articles into the UK.
A to Z on content relating to infectious diseases.
Treating and disposing of non-hazardous farm waste, sending to landfill, burying waste, incinerating fallen stock and recycling waste fuel oil.
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