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Find out if you need an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate to study in the UK.
Apply for a higher education course, track your application and accept or reject your offers.
What you need to know before you can place a medical device on the Great Britain market with a UKCA mark.
Find registered patents, patent applications and pending patents
Guidance on how to license electronic cigarettes and other inhaled nicotine-containing products (NCPs) as medicines in the UK.
Guide to licensing procedure and other restrictions for export of controlled dual-use items, software and technology, goods for torture and radioactive sources.
The UK's regulatory framework for strategic export controls and the circumstances where you might need an export licence.
Check the regulations on aircraft parts imported with a certificate of airworthiness.
The laws on selling, buying and carrying a knife or weapon depend on the type of knife or weapon, your age and your circumstances.
Use an OGEL to export controlled dual-use or military goods, software and technology overseas.
Apply for changes to your marketing authorisation, including minor variations type IA and IB, major variations type II and extensions.
Export controls applying to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) related activities - transfer of technology and provision of technical support
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is the official UK government body responsible for intellectual property (IP) rights including patents, designs, trade marks and copyright. IPO is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology , supported...
Apply to set up and run an Approved Tachograph Centre (ATC) if you're a vehicle manufacturer with a workshop working on digital and analogue tachographs.
The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) is a British public service broadcaster. Its main responsibility is to provide impartial public service broadcasting in the UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. BBC is a public corporation of the Department for Culture,...
How to make sure that your products are properly checked for conformity and your technical documents are managed correctly.
Pharmacovigilance system requirements
Find out about the changes if you are exporting personal protective equipment (PPE) during the coronavirus pandemic.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
Apply for a Temporary Work - Creative Worker visa to work in the UK in the creative industry - eligibility, extend, bring your family.
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