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Gov Facility Services Limited (GFSL) provides facility maintenance services to prisons across the South of England. GFSL is part of the Ministry of Justice .
From 1 October 2024, more materials facilities will need to sample and report their waste. Sampling and reporting will be more detailed and more frequent under the amended regulations.
How to manage a temporary storage facility, how to handle goods, what records to keep, how to increase the size of, or move goods between facilities.
Check if you can operate a facility and meet the conditions to store imported goods temporarily and find out how to apply.
Information for heavy goods vehicle hauliers or drivers who attend an inland border facility, where customs and document checks can take place away from ports.
How companies can help developing countries through the development and uptake of inclusive business models.
Follow this guidance to request spend approval when buying or extending facilities management contracts, regardless of their cost.
As a public sector employer, you must report and publish information on facility time for your employees who are trade union representatives.
Check how you can operate an authorised consignee temporary storage facility so you can store goods for up to 6 days, including how to get authorised.
How the Buyer Credit Facility works, its benefits, eligibility and how to apply.
Use this service if you’re a haulier, freight forwarder or driver to check if there are any delays at the inland border facility you're attending, or if it’s full or closed.
Explains the definition of ‘regulated facility’ and how they are grouped into classes.
Find out how to link your temporary storage facility to Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) or the Customs Declaration Service using a Community Systems Provider.
Find out about the Industry Security Assurance Centre (ISAC) and its associated responsibilities.
How to set up an MOT centre for HGVs, trailers, buses and coaches including eligibility, what you need and how to apply.
Find out about our General Export Facility: its benefits, eligibility criteria and how to apply.
Specialist government-to-government expertise to support business environment improvement in DFID’s partner countries and regions.
Aims to encourage economic recovery, growth and jobs in some of the most fragile countries in the world by providing political risk insurance to foreign investors.
Putting your goods into temporary storage means you can delay the full customs declaration and payment of import VAT and duty for up to 90 days.
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