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A patent registers your invention and lets you take legal action against anyone who makes, uses, sells or imports your invention without your permission.
To build a trade policy that works for the whole of the UK it is crucial that we engage with stakeholders and call upon expert views and opinions to help inform our work.
How schools can get value for money, avoid fees and find local agencies who complete thorough background and safeguarding checks.
Check you can get a divorce, agree or disagree with a divorce application, what to do if your husband or wife lacks mental capacity.
Supports effective delivery of planning application process.
How to challenge a probate application (‘enter a caveat’) if there’s a dispute about a will. What to do if your probate application is challenged.
Sets out process and expectations on planning performance and decision making.
The guide to VAT rules and procedures.
Find out about the VAT treatment of transactions or movements of goods which span the end of the transition period.
Find out about clearance applications and how to apply to HMRC for advance confirmation of an exempt distribution when a company purchases its own shares.
How to work out splitting up money, property and possessions when you divorce or dissolve a civil partnership - including mediation.
Find out how to account for VAT and who to contact if you're an insolvency practitioner and you're appointed over insolvent VAT-registered businesses.
Information for public authorities, businesses and other organisations on public procurement policy.
A Government statement confirming that political agreement has been reached on the withdrawal agreement, and the framework for the future relationship between the UK and the EU, laying both documents before Parliament.
Sets out special provisions for Crown development for dealing with security-sensitive information in planning applications.
Invitation to comment launched by the CMA on the partnerships between Microsoft and Mistral AI, and Amazon and Anthropic, and Microsoft’s hiring of former employees and related arrangements with Inflection AI.
Alternatives to bankruptcy and the different types of agreements you can make with your creditors.
How to prepare if you trade and move goods in and out of Northern Ireland.
How to make arrangements for your children if you divorce or separate, mediation and how to apply for a court order if you cannot agree.
How to deal with a property or land transfer that started before 10 July 2003 and was completed after 1 December 2003.
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