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Find out when you need to charge VAT and at what rate if you supply food and drink for the purposes of catering or as a takeaway.
Guidance for exporting nuclear equipment, material and technology that appears on what is known as the 'Trigger List'.
Check the tariff classification for car wiring kits for motor vehicles.
Get help to classify cigarettes, cigars, raw tobacco, smoking tobacco, tobacco for heating and nicotine substitutes for import and export.
You can only import certain goods using an ATA Carnet to claim relief under temporary admission in the UK. Some goods have special conditions attached.
Find out which sanitary protection products you can supply at the zero rate of VAT.
Supporting senior leaders who are new to their grade, to gain the knowledge and skills needed to lead successfully in the Civil Service.
Check the tariff classification for tape made of elastic textile fabric.
Planning permissions granted by means of a Special Development Order. Only applies to England.
Get help to classify electrical equipment such as communication equipment, cameras, and their parts and accessories.
You must get permission to export certain drugs and medicines.
A new pathway supporting innovative approaches to the safe, timely and efficient development of medicines to improve patient access.
Information on waste batteries excluded from the regulations, definitions and battery types.
How to get VAT relief if you’re buying goods because of your disability.
Find out when you can zero rate VAT for advertisements and goods used for the collection of donations.
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
Assess your goods, software and technology to determine whether or not they are controlled and require a licence to export.
View designs registered in the designs journal from the last 25 years
The UK government's design principles and examples of how they've been used.
This page provides guidance on the partial arms embargo on exporting certain military goods to mainland China, Macao and Hong Kong
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