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Trading hours for retailers, restrictions on Sunday opening and public holiday opening in England, Wales and Scotland
The Communities and Local Government Select Committee Report on retail markets recognised the need to share good practice, and recommended that…
Labelling rules for businesses in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and retailers in Northern Ireland, for certain agri-food products moved under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme.
Provides guidance on planning for retail and other town centre uses.
This strategy sets out our vision of the role of the retail market in achieving net zero.
Advice for Retailers and Producers
Find out when goods can be zero-rated if they’re sold to overseas visitors for personal use by a VAT-registered business in Northern Ireland (VAT Notice 704).
Accounting for VAT using retail schemes if you're a VAT-registered business and you cannot account for VAT using normal accounting.
Retail market review focusing on who, where and how tickets are sold, and which ticket formats are used in the rail industry.
Read the November 2019 record of the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) progress meetings with the Code Compliance Officers (CCOs) from the regulated retailers.
How to register for the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme to sell or move food to Northern Ireland.
This guidance is to help retailers understand the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016, which comes into effect on 26 May 2016.
Annual returns, rules and other documents related to the employers’ association the National Federation of Retail Newsagents.
We’re seeking evidence on the activities of third-party intermediaries in the retail energy market and the extent to which they cause harm (or risk of harm) to customers and the energy system.
Open letter to the fashion retail sector about environmental claims.
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