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The rules you must follow to make sure deer can be traced to help prevent and contain disease.
You're required to keep records for all traded goods you declare to HMRC for four years, for duty and tax purposes and for government statistics.
Advice and guidance to help parents and carers to keep children safe online.
Find a list of simple record keeping applications, including cash basis and simplified expenses specifications.
Guidance on medicines for food and non-food horses and record keeping requirements including the horse passport.
It’s important that you keep up-to-date records of the income and expenditure connected with your company.
Advice on what records you need to keep for tax purposes and how long you need to keep them.
What you must record in your holding register (also known as a herd register or farm records), when you must do this and what you can use for your records.
A domain name is an important asset and is not protected by default. Follow these recommendations to keep your domain secure.
Form for a bird keeper to apply for a licence to keep a wild disabled bird without a ring.
Find out what records you need to keep as an excise warehousekeeper.
Find out how to protect your details, how to report fraud and what HMRC does to help keep you safe online.
Employment agencies and businesses must keep proper records and can be inspected by the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate; the records you must keep, how long to store them and what happens if you're inspected
Find out what records you must keep about trusts for tax purposes, who can access your information, and what to do if your records are lost or destroyed.
How to care for animals on farms and at market in severe hot or cold weather, floods or drought.
What you must record in a holding register (also called a flock or herd record), when to update it and what to use.
Guidance for academies and academy trusts on record keeping and retention.
How to meet expected welfare, health and safety standards in the horse industry if keeping horses for commercial purposes in the UK.
Advice for parents and carers about the main risks children may be particularly vulnerable to and information about available help and support.
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