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This playbook explains how we use social media at GDS. In it, we share our best practice, what we've learned and what we're planning to do.
Find registered patents, patent applications and pending patents
Getting a faster decision on a visa or settlement application; priority service, super priority service; waiting times; how to check if you're eligible
VisitBritain (VB) is the national tourism agency, responsible for marketing Britain worldwide and developing Britain’s visitor economy. It works with UK Trade & Investment as well as airlines, travel operators, global brands and the official tourism bodies for London, England,...
Use these forms if you import, export, or move goods through the UK.
Check how much your visa application costs in the country you’re in
Guidance on how to license electronic cigarettes and other inhaled nicotine-containing products (NCPs) as medicines in the UK.
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,...
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...
Guidance on patents hearings and how to appeal against an outcome.
Apply for a Global Talent visa to work in the arts, sciences or digital technology once you have been endorsed as a leader or potential leader.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in China.
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
We are here to make digital government simpler, clearer and faster for everyone. GDS is part of the Cabinet Office .
Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
Information about the DCIA programme, with guidance on how to participate in the Pilot competition
Information on carrying medicine containing controlled drugs for individual travellers entering or leaving the UK.
This is advice for UK sponsors whose students are affected by coronavirus (COVID-19).
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British Embassy Baku.
How to self-upload evidence when making an application to come to or stay in the UK.
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