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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.
The UK government's design principles and examples of how they've been used.
How to use a crossover randomised controlled trial to evaluate your digital health product.
Using metadata to make it easier to catalogue, validate, reuse and share your data.
Apply for a Temporary Work - Creative Worker visa to work in the UK in the creative industry - eligibility, extend, bring your family.
VAT and other taxes on shopping and services, including tax-free shopping, energy-saving equipment and mobility aids.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Find out about applying for the Spirit Drinks Verification Scheme, how to submit brand information, fees and making sure your production process is compliant.
How to use a combination of quantitative and qualitative data to evaluate your digital health product.
The seeds which must be certified before you can market them, how to get them certified and how to get a licence for your seed business.
Bringing in goods for personal use when you travel to the UK from abroad - types of tax and duty, duty free, EU and non-EU arrivals, banned and restricted goods.
Prove the origin of your goods if you’re trading with a country that has a trade agreement with the UK, or is covered by the Developing Countries Trading Scheme.
How to use an N-of-1 study to evaluate your digital health product.
How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
How to create a model of how your digital health product works and choose measures for your evaluation.
A patent registers your invention and lets you take legal action against anyone who makes, uses, sells or imports your invention without your permission.
Find what you or your business may need before you hire someone to act directly or indirectly on your behalf.
What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work
Use inward processing to delay or reduce import duties or VAT on goods that you process or repair.
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